---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: Safe Routes to School construction program."
description: "Highways: Safe Routes to School construction program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1475"
citation: "California AB 1475 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: Safe Routes to School construction program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b14721d1-0e7c-4bc5-87cb-7b60eec3d368"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475"
source_hash: "1021c9dd8cea436a9e4d464eadd5ed7cdcfa4052ecac585a30ba2a5017f94ac9"
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 1475 (19992000) — Highways: Safe Routes to School construction program.

## 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=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147599INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147598AMD)
3. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147597AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147596AMD)
5. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147595AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147593CHP)
7. **AB1475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475)
8. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1475&version=19990AB147594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1475 SOTO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1475 SOTO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1475 Soto By Perata — **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

- Soto — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 4265.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 3057.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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 Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, 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 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 2336.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **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/b14721d1-0e7c-4bc5-87cb-7b60eec3d368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).