republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1471.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: air bags: inflatable restraint systems: prohibitions."
description: "Vehicles: air bags: inflatable restraint systems: prohibitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1471"
citation: "California AB 1471 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: air bags: inflatable restraint systems: prohibitions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb8d0584-d0f2-45a9-a28d-c78e325aedd4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471"
source_hash: "41e8651286ac47e01afa2622edaf8b42ea5b247e587807d63c26f679a0fda349"
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 1471 (19992000) — Vehicles: air bags: inflatable restraint systems: prohibitions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147199INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147198AMD)
3. **05/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147197AMD)
4. **07/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147196AMD)
5. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147194CHP)
6. **AB1471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1471&version=19990AB147195ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #22 AB1471 Havice — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1471 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass 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 as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)
- Washington — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3504.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2516.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From Consent Calendar. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1848.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb8d0584-d0f2-45a9-a28d-c78e325aedd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).