---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-occupancy vehicle lanes: low-emission vehicles."
description: "High-occupancy vehicle lanes: low-emission vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 71"
citation: "California AB 71 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-occupancy vehicle lanes: low-emission vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunneen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9ef9c7-34b7-439a-a47d-43bd3c992420"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71"
source_hash: "bc2532c03a2d3ce03f8b9ff0a61d44858b3d8eb56d46f0737add62aab9fa7187"
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 71 (19992000) — High-occupancy vehicle lanes: low-emission vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7199INT)
2. **02/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7198AMD)
3. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7197AMD)
4. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7196AMD)
5. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7195AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7193CHP)
7. **AB71** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB71&version=19990AB7194ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 71 CUNNEEN CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 71 CUNNEEN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB71 Cunneen Brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunneen — primary (person)
- Knox — principal coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Margett — author (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3484.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2599.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** 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`
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2053.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-03** 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`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/2c9ef9c7-34b7-439a-a47d-43bd3c992420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).