---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public transit employer-employee relations."
description: "Public transit employer-employee relations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 199"
citation: "California AB 199 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public transit employer-employee relations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-01-28"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/328d90a6-4ddb-43ee-8b9d-b2c2930a3b5d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199"
source_hash: "a850571a643e745e07f3798da99c7e1796e0ecdd598ebd74aca5adface7af7f1"
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 199 (20032004) — Public transit employer-employee relations.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199&version=20030AB19999INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199&version=20030AB19998AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199&version=20030AB19997AMD)
4. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199&version=20030AB19995CHP)
5. **AB199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199)
6. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB199&version=20030AB19996ENR)

## Votes

- ab 199 oropeza concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 199 oropeza assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab199 oropeza by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)
- Alarcon — principal coauthor (person)
- Murray — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 833, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 3457.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2308.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 1532.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- **2003-01-28** 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/328d90a6-4ddb-43ee-8b9d-b2c2930a3b5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).