---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm labor vehicles: safety belts."
description: "Farm labor vehicles: safety belts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1165"
citation: "California AB 1165 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Farm labor vehicles: safety belts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10fb99bd-f15f-4ff5-9f08-2cccde59442b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165"
source_hash: "fa6b64d0f37d642cde6f7b27afec015e20aff6cf5ba8690cef4450306cd6b150"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1165 (19992000) — Farm labor vehicles: safety belts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116599INT)
2. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116598AMD)
3. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116597AMD)
4. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116596AMD)
5. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116595AMD)
6. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116594AMD)
7. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116592CHP)
8. **AB1165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165)
9. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1165&version=19990AB116593ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 2nd Reading AB1165 Florez By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1165 FRUSETTA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1165 FLOREZ CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — principal coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — principal coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Costa — principal coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Frusetta — author (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — principal coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Machado — principal coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 4071.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2971.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2401.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 1853.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10fb99bd-f15f-4ff5-9f08-2cccde59442b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).