---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels."
description: "Vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2135"
citation: "California AB 2135 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7790d7-f782-4dec-a022-4593aded067c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135"
source_hash: "cca0f3cf0e44fff762ffd7b01ff407cf2742e13c72a779e011e0b1fd29e160e7"
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 2135 (19992000) — Vessels.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135&version=19990AB213599INT)
2. **04/13/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135&version=19990AB213598AMD)
3. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135&version=19990AB213597AMD)
4. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135&version=19990AB213595CHP)
5. **AB2135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135)
6. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2135&version=19990AB213596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2135 ARONER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2135 Aroner By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2135 ARONER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 8733.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 6215.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 6503.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** 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`
- **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2000-02-23** 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/8a7790d7-f782-4dec-a022-4593aded067c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).