---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters: benefits."
description: "Firefighters: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2287"
citation: "California AB 2287 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc853ef6-23db-4829-879a-0b76652a5b39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287"
source_hash: "7384da29aac903b577e4a5c771ece3fea0bb276e02c818b89f130481244952ff"
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 2287 (20072008) — Firefighters: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287&version=20070AB228799INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287&version=20070AB228798AMD)
3. **06/11/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287&version=20070AB228797AMD)
4. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287&version=20070AB228795CHP)
5. **AB2287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287)
6. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2287&version=20070AB228796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2287 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #37 AB2287 Evans — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2287 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4924.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-26** To inactive file on motion of Senator Perata.
- **2008-08-11** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5164.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6728.)
- **2008-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6749.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc853ef6-23db-4829-879a-0b76652a5b39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).