---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters."
description: "Firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 384"
citation: "California AB 384 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Firefighters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc2114e-7300-447d-85cc-65bbc73c3628"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384"
source_hash: "6a81d7f3233809a5a5bfc58a7f5403629c25e785f5d7f2c403883419fba337a0"
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 384 (20072008) — Firefighters.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38499INT)
2. **03/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38498AMD)
3. **04/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38497AMD)
4. **05/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38496AMD)
5. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38495AMD)
6. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38494AMD)
7. **09/29/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38492CHP)
8. **AB384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384)
9. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB384&version=20070AB38493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 384 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB384 Portantino By Yee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 384 PORTANTINO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — author (person)
- Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Swanson — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Walters — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education and Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1711.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2383.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3142.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc2114e-7300-447d-85cc-65bbc73c3628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).