---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boating safety."
description: "Boating safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2045"
citation: "California AB 2045 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boating safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064792ac-7ff3-4cd0-a538-6afe016d75bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045"
source_hash: "e3caa9914bfa7035f4b81c6bc182ddaa8f4a3e468eadca638d62f47aa278f829"
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 2045 (19992000) — Boating safety.

## 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=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204599INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204598AMD)
3. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204597AMD)
4. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204596AMD)
5. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204595AMD)
6. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204593CHP)
7. **AB2045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045)
8. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2045&version=19990AB204594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2045 NAKANO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2045 NAKANO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2045 Nakano Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-08** 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 66. Noes 12. 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 26. Noes 11. Page 5785.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** 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** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `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 66. Noes 9. Page 6884.) `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`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (March 27). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `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/064792ac-7ff3-4cd0-a538-6afe016d75bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).