---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintenance of the codes."
description: "Maintenance of the codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2539"
citation: "California AB 2539 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of the codes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bfa2260-70db-4723-a120-e5fb0282896a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2539"
source_hash: "8852dc55342640f484cb7e23a2c8cf8c1880b1758372a724f67864921dadc19e"
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 2539 (19992000) — Maintenance of the codes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2539&version=19990AB253999INT)
2. **07/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2539&version=19990AB253997CHP)
3. **AB2539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2539)
4. **06/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2539&version=19990AB253998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2539 Committee on Jud. (Kuehl) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2000-06-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5374.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6323.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-24** 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/9bfa2260-70db-4723-a120-e5fb0282896a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).