---
type: "Bill"
title: "Warranties: motor vehicle manufacturers."
description: "Warranties: motor vehicle manufacturers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1290"
citation: "California AB 1290 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Warranties: motor vehicle manufacturers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41370304-e8c1-42bf-8f67-2b41c671a223"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1290"
source_hash: "eedc86e24c2e179bef10ba95e2d0a4bd6243dd8a5d7cd0f3aa959c8a93ae7f5d"
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 1290 (19992000) — Warranties: motor vehicle manufacturers.

## 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=199920000AB1290&version=19990AB129099INT)
2. **08/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1290&version=19990AB129098AMD)
3. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1290&version=19990AB129096CHP)
4. **AB1290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1290)
5. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1290&version=19990AB129097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1290 DAVIS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1290 Davis By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1290 DAVIS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 448, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** 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 60. Noes 15. Page 3607.) `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 27. Noes 11. Page 2648.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-06-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 20. Page 1293.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `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/41370304-e8c1-42bf-8f67-2b41c671a223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).