---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coastal resources: public access."
description: "Coastal resources: public access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 492"
citation: "California AB 492 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coastal resources: public access."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03e59a0-43c7-4c0b-b828-5c4e117161a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492"
source_hash: "d373271749b85c580c9b9d4f74bc5180f9bb3c655f9512cc5b04b805bcd60934"
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 492 (19992000) — Coastal resources: public access.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49299INT)
2. **05/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49298AMD)
3. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49297AMD)
4. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49296AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49295AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49293CHP)
7. **AB492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492)
8. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB492&version=19990AB49294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB492 Wayne McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 492 WAYNE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 492 WAYNE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 822, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3631.) `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 22. Noes 14.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** 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`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 2203.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 27). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **1999-05-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/b03e59a0-43c7-4c0b-b828-5c4e117161a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).