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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Operation of vessels: boating safety."
description: "Operation of vessels: boating safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2538"
citation: "California AB 2538 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Operation of vessels: boating safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d4c755e-ffcf-4547-a8ce-2fbe2f854183"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538"
source_hash: "e723f46de552ae47d4b321603b6e44ab9d40b8656ac1e8bd2dbe0afcb545d8c6"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253899INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253898AMD)
3. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253897AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253896AMD)
5. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253894CHP)
6. **AB2538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538)
7. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2538&version=19990AB253895ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d4c755e-ffcf-4547-a8ce-2fbe2f854183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).