---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: property acquisition: county cooperation."
description: "Highways: property acquisition: county cooperation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 283"
citation: "California AB 283 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: property acquisition: county cooperation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-04"
last_action: "1999-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8b9395-9cd3-4ce3-bdc3-d7ab99f45563"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283"
source_hash: "51c5c51a5c6426a91ce0ebd3af02dd293fa26d7225fdadcc8a1295228fc71078"
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 283 (19992000) — Highways: property acquisition: county cooperation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28399INT)
2. **03/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28398AMD)
3. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28397AMD)
4. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28396AMD)
5. **09/28/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28394CHP)
6. **AB283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283)
7. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB283&version=19990AB28395ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB283 Longville By Brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4346.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2990.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 1775.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **1999-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **1999-02-04** 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/1a8b9395-9cd3-4ce3-bdc3-d7ab99f45563`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).