---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: contract pilots: death benefits."
description: "Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: contract pilots: death benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1748"
citation: "California AB 1748 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: contract pilots: death benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-01-07"
last_action: "2002-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec73c35-e219-4a26-b4db-fc254d512d9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748"
source_hash: "f8685263c29d96329c276944d599b31c51951f3a7cc9347a55e7cc9bcd2375a4"
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 1748 (20012002) — Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: contract pilots: death benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174899INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174898AMD)
3. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174897AMD)
4. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174896AMD)
5. **09/12/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174894CHP)
6. **AB1748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748)
7. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1748&version=20010AB174895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1748 Dickerson Assembly Third Reading — **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 AB1748 Dickerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1748 Dickerson Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Briggs — author (person)
- Pescetti — author (person)
- Strom-Martin — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7836.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** (Corrected May 29. )
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6416.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-08** 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 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2002-01-07** 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/9ec73c35-e219-4a26-b4db-fc254d512d9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).