---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: bicycles."
description: "Transportation: bicycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 134"
citation: "California AB 134 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: bicycles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-07"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/741e3e6a-1b36-4a1b-9794-e742b9402ced"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134"
source_hash: "5508ae6fa674c75f12ffde78b89cb3c191784977f713dedf2d7525c9e879858f"
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 134 (19992000) — Transportation: bicycles.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13499INT)
2. **03/04/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13498AMD)
3. **04/29/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13497AMD)
4. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13496AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13494CHP)
6. **AB134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134)
7. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB134&version=19990AB13495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 134 THOMSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB134 Thomson By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2504.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 1924.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** 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`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **1999-01-07** 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/741e3e6a-1b36-4a1b-9794-e742b9402ced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).