---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: dealers: licenses."
description: "Vehicles: dealers: licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 159"
citation: "California AB 159 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: dealers: licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-01-15"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/606d3275-8552-437f-891c-89d80209147b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159"
source_hash: "3b8d028c6605846a3b1a929068d4c91189ae7e890c98283ab14ef9b1737f0f26"
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 159 (19992000) — Vehicles: dealers: licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159&version=19990AB15999INT)
2. **03/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159&version=19990AB15998AMD)
3. **05/11/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159&version=19990AB15997AMD)
4. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159&version=19990AB15995CHP)
5. **AB159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB159&version=19990AB15996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 159 FLOYD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 159 FLOYD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB159 Floyd — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 230, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3222.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2303.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-05-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** 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`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 1164.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (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 15. Noes 2.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** 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`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **1999-01-15** 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/606d3275-8552-437f-891c-89d80209147b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).