---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation."
description: "Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2909"
citation: "California AB 2909 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-03-15"
last_action: "2000-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7059350a-6532-492b-b301-5b47197c6e86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909"
source_hash: "5fdb45410f2098f1011cbb222472e2c534da0d36ec133b6b67c20d3409d694e1"
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 2909 (19992000) — Transportation.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290999INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290998AMD)
3. **05/22/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290997AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290996AMD)
5. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290995AMD)
6. **09/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290993CHP)
7. **AB2909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909)
8. **08/28/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2909&version=19990AB290994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2909 Committee on Trans. (Torlakson) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8651.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6034.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-09** 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.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-19** 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`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6590.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2000-03-15** 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/7059350a-6532-492b-b301-5b47197c6e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).