---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mechanics' liens."
description: "Mechanics' liens."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 576"
citation: "California AB 576 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mechanics' liens."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honda"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "2000-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea868392-fd1f-44ae-9779-f41aa92f2003"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576"
source_hash: "44f19e2daa7a96920c127c8e7b033170e2f4bcb59f3fd79f9ffe9f7ddeee495a"
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 576 (19992000) — Mechanics' liens.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57699INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57695AMD)
3. **01/18/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57694AMD)
4. **03/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57693AMD)
5. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57698AMD)
6. **04/17/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57691CHP)
7. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57697AMD)
8. **05/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57696AMD)
9. **AB576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576)
10. **04/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB576&version=19990AB57692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB576 Honda — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 576 HONDA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 576 HONDA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB576 Honda — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Honda — primary (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-04-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 13, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-04-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-04-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-04-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5765.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4001.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-03-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-27** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-03-16** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2000-03-16** Withdrawn from Enrollment by unanamious consent. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2000-03-13** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-03-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3848.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-03-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4885.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.1. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** 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`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** 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`
- **1999-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/ea868392-fd1f-44ae-9779-f41aa92f2003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).