---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vandalism: cemeteries and places of worship."
description: "Vandalism: cemeteries and places of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2580"
citation: "California AB 2580 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vandalism: cemeteries and places of worship."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb32ea4-4dad-4df3-a353-4b5f815d9da5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580"
source_hash: "4d4ec4797ed0bd238a365052dfcaf12a692d2ba74d4b5ce3d2dd2b61d8ec9c9d"
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 2580 (19992000) — Vandalism: cemeteries and places of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258099INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258098AMD)
3. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258097AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258096AMD)
5. **09/20/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258094CHP)
6. **AB2580** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580)
7. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2580&version=19990AB258095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Consumer Pro., Govt. Efficiency, Econ. Development — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2580 Cox Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)
- Dickerson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 546, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8091.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5786.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6467.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 11). Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeb32ea4-4dad-4df3-a353-4b5f815d9da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).