---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters."
description: "Firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 220"
citation: "California AB 220 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-01-29"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66249668-c023-4671-93d0-b5e019385edd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220"
source_hash: "ba443fe70caa69f1f19ae0c1b42707176efde4ca29ea48a71b81ff698328d41d"
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 220 (20072008) — Firefighters.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220&version=20070AB22099INT)
2. **06/04/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220&version=20070AB22098AMD)
3. **07/02/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220&version=20070AB22097AMD)
4. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220&version=20070AB22095CHP)
5. **AB220** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220)
6. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB220&version=20070AB22096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 220 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 220 Bass Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB220 Bass By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Solorio — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2007-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5. Page 1852.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2052.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 2558.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 3350.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66249668-c023-4671-93d0-b5e019385edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).