republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1951.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: public transit: funding."
description: "Transportation: public transit: funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1951"
citation: "California AB 1951 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: public transit: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-15"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa7164c3-3f65-4f22-a4a4-feaef45d983b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951"
source_hash: "2e4b6b606d89e90be8de908a6eb253c727e5f4ee3dc0a68b318e7785c529bd9f"
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 1951 (19992000) — Transportation: public transit: funding.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195199INT)
2. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195198AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195197AMD)
4. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195196AMD)
5. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195195AMD)
6. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195193CHP)
7. **AB1951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1951&version=19990AB195194ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1951 LONGVILLE SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1951 Longville By Morrow — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1951 LONGVILLE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9034.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6239.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6867.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2000-02-15** 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/aa7164c3-3f65-4f22-a4a4-feaef45d983b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).