---
type: "Bill"
title: "Volunteer firefighters."
description: "Volunteer firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2535"
citation: "California AB 2535 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Volunteer firefighters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef502676-4b65-41ae-8a45-35010a7de6ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535"
source_hash: "f0baae3a0c17089bfbf178c822bff9859ec0c9b836287adaa35fd883b58719b1"
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 2535 (19992000) — Volunteer firefighters.

## 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=199920000AB2535&version=19990AB253599INT)
2. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535&version=19990AB253598AMD)
3. **05/22/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535&version=19990AB253597AMD)
4. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535&version=19990AB253595CHP)
5. **AB2535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535)
6. **08/18/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2535&version=19990AB253596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2535 OLLER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2535 Oller Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5786.) `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 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Com. on I.R. `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 64. Noes 9. Page 6585.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-24** 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/ef502676-4b65-41ae-8a45-35010a7de6ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).