---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: right-of-way: yielding: transit buses."
description: "Vehicles: right-of-way: yielding: transit buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1218"
citation: "California AB 1218 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: right-of-way: yielding: transit buses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb11cb7c-0c96-4d90-9eb6-05c5150ce764"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218"
source_hash: "b7cc25e86644d16c86adebb7703c5a3d9b800166a308c46201421732941ee39a"
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 1218 (19992000) — Vehicles: right-of-way: yielding: transit buses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121899INT)
2. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121898AMD)
3. **05/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121897AMD)
4. **06/29/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121896AMD)
5. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121895AMD)
6. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121894AMD)
7. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121892CHP)
8. **AB1218** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218)
9. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1218&version=19990AB121893ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1218 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1218 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1218 Keeley By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Dunn — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 3634.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2654.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2002.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb11cb7c-0c96-4d90-9eb6-05c5150ce764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).