---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: motor carriers of property."
description: "Vehicles: motor carriers of property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 957"
citation: "California AB 957 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: motor carriers of property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea94e12a-d1e8-4979-a914-f776a3796c0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957"
source_hash: "026e9869914016c645a6481bdfcd6e95a47e8dd16f7101e18b1ee271395e663e"
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 957 (19992000) — Vehicles: motor carriers of property.

## 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=199920000AB957&version=19990AB95799INT)
2. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957&version=19990AB95798AMD)
3. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957&version=19990AB95797AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957&version=19990AB95795CHP)
5. **AB957** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957)
6. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB957&version=19990AB95796ENR)

## Votes

- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB957 Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1006, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3789.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Ordered returned to Assembly.
- **1999-08-26** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **1999-08-26** From Special Consent Calendar. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2566.) `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`
- **1999-07-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** 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`
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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/ea94e12a-d1e8-4979-a914-f776a3796c0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).