republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: schoolbus, youth bus, and paratransit vehicle driver certificates."
description: "Vehicles: schoolbus, youth bus, and paratransit vehicle driver certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 128"
citation: "California AB 128 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: schoolbus", "youth bus", "and paratransit vehicle driver certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Granlund"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-01-06"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1408e128-298e-48bf-8927-c12f0c98ae60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128"
source_hash: "478491304def452912f9cf15b100bdc215a8426f133ee4cc223e7f57aa6cfb25"
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 128 (19992000) — Vehicles: schoolbus, youth bus, and paratransit vehicle driver certificates.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/06/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12899INT)
2. **03/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12898AMD)
3. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12897AMD)
4. **06/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12896AMD)
5. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12894CHP)
6. **AB128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128)
7. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB128&version=19990AB12895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 128 GRANLUND 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB128 Granlund — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 128 GRANLUND CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Granlund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3225.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2303.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-22** 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`
- **1999-06-01** 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`
- **1999-05-19** 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1583.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Corrected April 9. ). `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-07** From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
- **1999-01-06** 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/1408e128-298e-48bf-8927-c12f0c98ae60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).