---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: outdoor advertising."
description: "Highways: outdoor advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 396"
citation: "California AB 396 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: outdoor advertising."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b52eb222-64c7-4c4c-b22a-3f1d43f3bb8f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396"
source_hash: "4d8259e20095d27fc93d137aff51d36c3e4d7d2705b97e97a5bc9a5ee6493b7d"
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 396 (19992000) — Highways: outdoor advertising.

## 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=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39699INT)
2. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39698AMD)
3. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39697AMD)
4. **07/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39696AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39694CHP)
6. **AB396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396)
7. **08/23/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB396&version=19990AB39695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB396 Havice Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 396 HAVICE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 396 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 3387.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2510.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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`
- **1999-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 1901.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/b52eb222-64c7-4c4c-b22a-3f1d43f3bb8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).