---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle lease contracts: translation."
description: "Motor vehicle lease contracts: translation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 713"
citation: "California AB 713 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle lease contracts: translation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af36082e-4ae9-40de-94e0-fb99efbd7187"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713"
source_hash: "ecc7616b5fd9464a59214ab4a69a4881ac735e56214ad58da0de1dd674d66a25"
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 713 (19992000) — Motor vehicle lease contracts: translation.

## 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=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71399INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71398AMD)
3. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71397AMD)
4. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71396AMD)
5. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71394CHP)
6. **AB713** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713)
7. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB713&version=19990AB71395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 713 FIREBAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB713 Firebaugh — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 2404.) `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`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1826.)
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 1997.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** 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/af36082e-4ae9-40de-94e0-fb99efbd7187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).