---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: State Rail Plan."
description: "Transportation: State Rail Plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 74"
citation: "California AB 74 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: State Rail Plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4892a420-b77c-47e5-a0e1-aec9e7a22c9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74"
source_hash: "0238535309a44447967ca97f052239ee5d3cbf994d9ab8ba6ac6c04b3f7e54fb"
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 74 (19992000) — Transportation: State Rail Plan.

## 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=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7499INT)
2. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7498AMD)
3. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7497AMD)
4. **05/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7496AMD)
5. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7495AMD)
6. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7494AMD)
7. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7492CHP)
8. **AB74** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74)
9. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB74&version=19990AB7493ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB74 Strom-Martin By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 74 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 74 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3481.) `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.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 1. Page 2558.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2483.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended.
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** 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`
- **1999-04-29** 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 15. 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.
- **1999-01-11** 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/4892a420-b77c-47e5-a0e1-aec9e7a22c9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).