republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-539.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation: cancer: firefighters and peace officers.	Workers' compensation: cancer: firefighters and peace officers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 539	California AB 539 (19992000)	bill	Workers' compensation: cancer: firefighters and peace officers.	enacted	Papan	6	22	8	1999-02-18	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/03a4f2bf-47d2-4c96-bbe0-433bf83dc526	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB539	63d3f5bdcfc9769498b16d8b8649949ff992fe87c65b5071c29120227fbf9b5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 539 (19992000) — Workers' compensation: cancer: firefighters and peace officers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/02/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB539 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 539 PAPAN THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 539 PAPAN CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB539 Papan By Baca — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Papan — primary (person)
• Lempert — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 595, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 1999-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 10. Page 4081.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-09-07 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 5. Page 2965.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-16 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-07-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Com. on I.R. referral-committee
• 1999-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 2175.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 3.) (April 26). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-05-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-03-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-03-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 1999-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 1999-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03a4f2bf-47d2-4c96-bbe0-433bf83dc526. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).