---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fines."
description: "Fines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2371"
citation: "California AB 2371 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lempert"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46797d05-d385-4a5e-8be8-736ffdf9154f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371"
source_hash: "24e1c2c50519265d375668b70cc7f94d4a45e989d9a892875f8e8628e614d5b5"
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 2371 (19992000) — Fines.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371&version=19990AB237199INT)
2. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371&version=19990AB237198AMD)
3. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371&version=19990AB237197AMD)
4. **09/20/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371&version=19990AB237195CHP)
5. **AB2371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371)
6. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2371&version=19990AB237196ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2371 Lempert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lempert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8088.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2000-07-05** To inactive file on motion of Senator O'Connell.
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6588.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/46797d05-d385-4a5e-8be8-736ffdf9154f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).