---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dangerous fireworks."
description: "Dangerous fireworks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1998"
citation: "California AB 1998 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dangerous fireworks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9931e752-e616-4e0c-bcee-4b575836db80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998"
source_hash: "99691844c6c9dc2d9b67b1986ea8a4af7ba39eff50a972c8678f1fc6b70901d7"
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 1998 (19992000) — Dangerous fireworks.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998&version=19990AB199899INT)
2. **06/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998&version=19990AB199898AMD)
3. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998&version=19990AB199897AMD)
4. **09/01/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998&version=19990AB199895CHP)
5. **AB1998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998)
6. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1998&version=19990AB199896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1998 DUTRA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1998 DUTRA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1998 Dutra — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 7972.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 5781.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-21** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 6021.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** 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/9931e752-e616-4e0c-bcee-4b575836db80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).