---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school employees: leaves of absence: service credit."
description: "Classified school employees: leaves of absence: service credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 449"
citation: "California AB 449 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school employees: leaves of absence: service credit."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef068fb1-e1c8-43e1-970d-24750c607863"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449"
source_hash: "fe9003eb5ba4db6354621547ad02987a2f56b9bc5c73368032590968f86c0bff"
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 449 (20012002) — Classified school employees: leaves of absence: service credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449&version=20010AB44999INT)
2. **07/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449&version=20010AB44998AMD)
3. **09/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449&version=20010AB44996CHP)
4. **AB449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449)
5. **08/23/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB449&version=20010AB44997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB449 Firebaugh By Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 449 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 449 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2001-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3165.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 2080.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 1660.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/ef068fb1-e1c8-43e1-970d-24750c607863`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).