republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-555.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm labor vehicles."
description: "Farm labor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 555"
citation: "California AB 555 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Farm labor vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bebb29-0edc-419c-9049-4b4f02510aa9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555"
source_hash: "0603ca26551b895c3c639672bc15fcd9231b0dbd9a72c95c232d9799b730389e"
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 555 (19992000) — Farm labor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55599INT)
2. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55598AMD)
3. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55597AMD)
4. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55596AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55595AMD)
6. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55594AMD)
7. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55593AMD)
8. **09/29/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55591CHP)
9. **AB555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555)
10. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB555&version=19990AB55592ENR)

## Votes

- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 555 DUTRA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 555 REYES CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB555 Reyes By Costa Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 4072.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 3020.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-18** 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 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2481.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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`
- **1999-06-21** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1604.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/a8bebb29-0edc-419c-9049-4b4f02510aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).