---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: appropriation."
description: "Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 135"
citation: "California AB 135 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: appropriation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-01-08"
last_action: "2000-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3b99b54-3c9b-4e75-8f82-4673f0157283"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB135"
source_hash: "5af2bcd3083eb0b0d6737565a68a3e1efa9c8d70e9701cff8b3f2dbf67a3335e"
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 135 (19992000) — Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: appropriation.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB135&version=19990AB13597AMD)
2. **02/23/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB135&version=19990AB13595CHP)
3. **AB135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB135)
4. **02/15/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB135&version=19990AB13596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 135 DUCHENY AMEND BY PESCETTI SET #4 LAY ON THE TABLE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB135 Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 135 DUCHENY AMEND BY MCCLINTOCK SET #1 LAY ON THE TABLE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 135 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 135 DUCHENY AMEND BY BALDWIN SET #3 LAY ON THE TABLE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 135 DUCHENY AMEND BY PACHECO, ROBE SET #2 LAY ON THE TABLE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 135 DUCHENY AMEND BY RUNNER SET #5 LAY ON THE TABLE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 135 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 2, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-02-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-02-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-02-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5122.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (February 15). Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5125.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-01-31** Withdrawn from committee. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 3601.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 33. Page 2011.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 8.) (May 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Read first time. From printer. May be heard in committee February 10. `reading-1`
- **1999-01-08** 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/a3b99b54-3c9b-4e75-8f82-4673f0157283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).