---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-speed rail service."
description: "High-speed rail service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1703"
citation: "California AB 1703 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-speed rail service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-01-03"
last_action: "2000-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71911be7-511f-4a0a-905d-dcfbceb6969f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703"
source_hash: "99b914b6734caaa966a0edba6ae3033f5e97c2d0e565b2f149f41a62dad42877"
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 1703 (19992000) — High-speed rail service.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170399INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170398AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170397AMD)
4. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170396AMD)
5. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170395AMD)
6. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170394AMD)
7. **09/28/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170392CHP)
8. **AB1703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1703&version=19990AB170393ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1703 Florez By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1703 FLOREZ CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1703 FLOREZ THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)
- Costa — author (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 791, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 8884.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 6295.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-26** 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`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 6980.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** 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`
- **2000-01-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2000-01-03** 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/71911be7-511f-4a0a-905d-dcfbceb6969f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).