---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cal-OSHA: volunteer firefighters."
description: "Cal-OSHA: volunteer firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2118"
citation: "California AB 2118 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cal-OSHA: volunteer firefighters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d20e9f9-ad8f-46de-b169-f7943af664f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118"
source_hash: "f251f9a9f6c4f5fce9ce44bd4d74dcb547c463d55ae745f01892cced93ec2b6c"
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 2118 (20012002) — Cal-OSHA: volunteer firefighters.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118&version=20010AB211899INT)
2. **04/04/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118&version=20010AB211898AMD)
3. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118&version=20010AB211897AMD)
4. **09/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118&version=20010AB211895CHP)
5. **AB2118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118)
6. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2118&version=20010AB211896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2118 Dickerson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2118 Dickerson Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2118 Dickerson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 368, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-15** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7668.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** 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/6d20e9f9-ad8f-46de-b169-f7943af664f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).