---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency firefighters."
description: "Local agency firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1546"
citation: "California AB 1546 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency firefighters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Granlund"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/045649ca-4c6a-412c-bfe2-376bfcb8027b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546"
source_hash: "afd323abec28575d57750637ab0c717893f9fead3e3b3dce82c031adc5bae03e"
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 1546 (19992000) — Local agency firefighters.

## 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=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154699INT)
2. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154698AMD)
3. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154697AMD)
4. **07/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154696AMD)
5. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154695AMD)
6. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154693CHP)
7. **AB1546** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546)
8. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1546&version=19990AB154694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1546 GRANLUND CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1546 GRANLUND CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1546 Granlund Baca — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Granlund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3609.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2653.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2494.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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/045649ca-4c6a-412c-bfe2-376bfcb8027b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).