---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: registration fees."
description: "Vehicles: registration fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 183"
citation: "California AB 183 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: registration fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-19"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/674b3f33-2c17-4878-b964-a041c345cad9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183"
source_hash: "045cb8da9c13ffda1e568506384cd79ab8726ebd1a1a69c847662cf6b9f06207"
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 183 (19992000) — Vehicles: registration fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183&version=19990AB18399INT)
2. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183&version=19990AB18398AMD)
3. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183&version=19990AB18396CHP)
4. **AB183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183)
5. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB183&version=19990AB18397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 183 WASHINGTON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB183 Washington Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2404.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 1748.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (April 5). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **1999-01-19** 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/674b3f33-2c17-4878-b964-a041c345cad9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).