republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-879.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration fees: law enforcement: crime prevention programs."
description: "Vehicle registration fees: law enforcement: crime prevention programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 879"
citation: "California AB 879 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicle registration fees: law enforcement: crime prevention programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ab4ff1d-be0b-4042-8518-5f2e97007e1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879"
source_hash: "9f7208c9bf6f31e70e6cb4c5878fa578462dda1461b8300858e1174d04eba470"
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 879 (20012002) — Vehicle registration fees: law enforcement: crime prevention programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87999INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87998AMD)
3. **04/15/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87996AMD)
4. **06/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87995AMD)
5. **06/06/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87997AMD)
6. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87994AMD)
7. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87993AMD)
8. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87991CHP)
9. **AB879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879)
10. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB879&version=20010AB87992ENR)

## Votes

- AB 879 Keeley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 879 Keeley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB879 Keeley By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 986, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 8191.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-26** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 5353.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** (Corrected August 7. )
- **2002-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2328.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2291.) `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/6ab4ff1d-be0b-4042-8518-5f2e97007e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).