---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Highway Route 46: emergency improvements."
description: "State Highway Route 46: emergency improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 72"
citation: "California AB 72 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Highway Route 46: emergency improvements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55712a0b-6926-472e-b258-de11bcad0081"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72"
source_hash: "eabf96e370412e5aef5be63b3ece854b06177e9d95183fa80716973b6f4a5928"
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 72 (19992000) — State Highway Route 46: emergency improvements.

## 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=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7299INT)
2. **03/09/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7298AMD)
3. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7297AMD)
4. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7296AMD)
5. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7295AMD)
6. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7294AMD)
7. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7292CHP)
8. **AB72** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72)
9. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB72&version=19990AB7293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB72 Florez By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 72 HERTZBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 72 FLOREZ CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)
- Ashburn — author (person)
- Costa — principal coauthor (person)
- Poochigian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 6. Page 4430.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3169.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Amendments re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From inactive file. To second reading. Read third time. Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 action deferred on amendments by Senator Costa. Question referred to Committee on Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-3, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-26** To inactive file on motion of Senator Johannessen.
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1744.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety by unanimous consent. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-09** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/55712a0b-6926-472e-b258-de11bcad0081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).