republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-640.md

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Bill	Special license plates: fee exemptions.	Special license plates: fee exemptions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 640	California AB 640 (19992000)	bill	Special license plates: fee exemptions.	enacted	Bates	7	21	9	1999-02-23	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/6d60ddbd-d326-4fed-b6f9-1b838daf630f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB640	c727bccf09af7d48e7c81d770dbf3b16cadb159e7e7633fe9d1cc74f3ed4c602	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 640 (19992000) — Special license plates: fee exemptions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB640 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB640 Bates By Johannessen — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 640 BATES CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Be referred to Committee on Local Government. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 640 BATES THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bates — primary (person)
• Briggs — principal coauthor (person)
• Campbell — coauthor (person)
• Florez — principal coauthor (person)
• House — coauthor (person)
• Kaloogian — coauthor (person)
• Leach — coauthor (person)
• Oller — coauthor (person)
• Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 612, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 1999-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4082.) 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, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2970.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-16 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-07 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 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 80. Noes 0. Page 2307.) 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 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-13 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-03-18 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 1999-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 1999-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d60ddbd-d326-4fed-b6f9-1b838daf630f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).