republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-402.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: driver's license violations pilot program."
description: "Vehicles: driver's license violations pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 402"
citation: "California AB 402 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: driver's license violations pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-12"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f22cd6cb-7a1c-4e19-a1f3-1a1d16412d4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402"
source_hash: "12cba12847ba22fbbb7c967ed35990fa8b761899aadc8b7316e8139c8738729b"
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 402 (19992000) — Vehicles: driver's license violations pilot program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40299INT)
2. **03/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40298AMD)
3. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40297AMD)
4. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40296AMD)
5. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40295AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40293CHP)
7. **AB402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402)
8. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB402&version=19990AB40294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 402 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB402 Romero By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 402 ROMERO SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Ashburn — author (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 877, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4480.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3124.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** 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 Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2033.) `committee-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **1999-02-12** 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/f22cd6cb-7a1c-4e19-a1f3-1a1d16412d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).