---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bay pilots."
description: "Bay pilots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 951"
citation: "California AB 951 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Bay pilots."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6744233a-af67-4153-a8e1-4117c2e671ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951"
source_hash: "97e482bc72232268af9439cc9da1793bfed5a0ee783b1891cfe20ddeb81c4447"
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 951 (19992000) — Bay pilots.

## 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=199920000AB951&version=19990AB95199INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951&version=19990AB95198AMD)
3. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951&version=19990AB95197AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951&version=19990AB95195CHP)
5. **AB951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951)
6. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB951&version=19990AB95196ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB951 Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 951 WIGGINS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 2504.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1602.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `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/6744233a-af67-4153-a8e1-4117c2e671ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).