republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-170.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts."
description: "Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 170"
citation: "California AB 170 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-01-15"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c988e14-eae3-44cd-bcf5-ccf64c74461a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170"
source_hash: "2659df71f30e532277c8a3d871f3ac094e50da6641e13ab082897f6b9a52130b"
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 170 (19992000) — Outdoor advertising: redevelopment districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17099INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17098AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17097AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17096AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17094CHP)
6. **AB170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170)
7. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB170&version=19990AB17095ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 170 FIREBAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB170 Firebaugh By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 3011.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 2325.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 27). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **1999-05-20** 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **1999-01-15** 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/5c988e14-eae3-44cd-bcf5-ccf64c74461a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).