---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration."
description: "Vehicle registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 289"
citation: "California AB 289 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leonard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-08"
last_action: "1999-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c34c4c3-5490-46c0-928f-a4a0a9a75d97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289"
source_hash: "352a0d084f5cf5e1d4e373da40ed57087e77fb290a7ac5db78a3ae80da06a19d"
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 289 (19992000) — Vehicle registration.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289&version=19990AB28999INT)
2. **03/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289&version=19990AB28998AMD)
3. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289&version=19990AB28997AMD)
4. **07/13/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289&version=19990AB28995CHP)
5. **AB289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289)
6. **07/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB289&version=19990AB28996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB289 Leonard — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leonard — primary (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Leach — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2033.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** 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`
- **1999-02-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **1999-02-08** 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/3c34c4c3-5490-46c0-928f-a4a0a9a75d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).