---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroad grade crossings."
description: "Railroad grade crossings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 923"
citation: "California AB 923 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroad grade crossings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bb27637-cff7-4692-b995-66c1f6fa2ba2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923"
source_hash: "8bea80a220527d8da07766f52bfbf39995a1414926456b89539022b02d0a504d"
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 923 (19992000) — Railroad grade crossings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92399INT)
2. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92398AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92397AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92396AMD)
5. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92395AMD)
6. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92394AMD)
7. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92393AMD)
8. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92392AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92390CHP)
10. **AB923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923)
11. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB923&version=19990AB92391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB923 Hertzberg By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 923 HERTZBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 923 HERTZBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 841, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 4213.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 3010.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** 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** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 2208.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** 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`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/6bb27637-cff7-4692-b995-66c1f6fa2ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).