---
type: "Bill"
title: "Automobile dismantlers: definition."
description: "Automobile dismantlers: definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 342"
citation: "California AB 342 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Automobile dismantlers: definition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "1999-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/010e48f2-62dd-4880-9ebb-29e217d596c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB342"
source_hash: "73f386fbba92448c083eb213df18fe764fc56da061e577395ddc51ed4757b7c4"
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 342 (19992000) — Automobile dismantlers: definition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB342&version=19990AB34299INT)
2. **09/03/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB342&version=19990AB34297CHP)
3. **AB342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB342)
4. **08/23/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB342&version=19990AB34298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB342 Cox By Monteith — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 4. Page 2557.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **1999-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **1999-02-11** 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/010e48f2-62dd-4880-9ebb-29e217d596c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).