---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit districts: property acquisition."
description: "Transit districts: property acquisition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 670"
citation: "California AB 670 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transit districts: property acquisition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b57d90c-5f2b-4a3e-9f6f-3bfcfba6f3c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670"
source_hash: "de6b9dad882d3cf92ab601c983e8c1ce71e7e0c48a0027508249455b5d4214c7"
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 670 (19992000) — Transit districts: property acquisition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67099INT)
2. **05/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67098AMD)
3. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67097AMD)
4. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67096AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67095AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67093CHP)
7. **AB670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670)
8. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB670&version=19990AB67094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #25 AB670 Papan By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 670 PAPAN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 670 PAPAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 624, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** 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 69. Noes 6. Page 3614.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2685.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **1999-08-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-08-17** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** 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`
- **1999-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 1666.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **1999-02-23** 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/9b57d90c-5f2b-4a3e-9f6f-3bfcfba6f3c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).