republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2538.md

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California AB 2538 (19992000) — Operation of vessels: boating safety.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/00 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/00 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/07/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/11/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2538 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2538 Brewer By Rainey — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2538 BREWER THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2538 BREWER CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brewer — primary (person)
• Davis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-05 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2000-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 11. Page 8181.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2000-08-23 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 2. Page 5910.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-14 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-06-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2000-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-05-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. 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 57. Noes 12. Page 6321.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-05-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 3.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2000-04-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2000-04-03 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2000-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. referral-committee
• 2000-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2000-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d4c755e-ffcf-4547-a8ce-2fbe2f854183. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).