---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: preferential vehicle lanes."
description: "Vehicles: preferential vehicle lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 769"
citation: "California AB 769 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: preferential vehicle lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "2000-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bd07f6b-367c-404f-9daf-b2cdf8384e11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769"
source_hash: "bcc989ecd5bf75b5d081621c9fe1bd772ae37fa50e5469d5bad9eb0462c46981"
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 769 (19992000) — Vehicles: preferential vehicle lanes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76999INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76997AMD)
3. **05/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76996AMD)
4. **05/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76998AMD)
5. **05/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76995AMD)
6. **07/03/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76993CHP)
7. **AB769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769)
8. **06/26/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB769&version=19990AB76994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 769 MARGETT CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB769 Margett By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margett — primary (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-06-26** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 7351.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 5075.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-05-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-10** 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`
- **2000-03-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** 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`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** 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`
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/4bd07f6b-367c-404f-9daf-b2cdf8384e11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).