republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2331.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act."
description: "The Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act provides a set of rights and procedural protections to specified firefighters. That act requires an administrative appeal instituted by a firefighter under the act to be conducted in conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the employing department or licensing or certifying agency that are in accordance with specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2331"
citation: "California AB 2331 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f31b7bf8-b3bd-404a-980e-f504e77fde96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331"
source_hash: "e8950bed5a80aa8e5a81fc5fd143ac6ecb366932369b9582429d9c15c9e7a09c"
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 2331 (20092010) — Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act.

The Firefighters Procedural Bill of Rights Act provides a set of rights and procedural protections to specified firefighters. That act requires an administrative appeal instituted by a firefighter under the act to be conducted in conformance with rules and procedures adopted by the employing department or licensing or certifying agency that are in accordance with specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233199INT)
2. **05/26/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233198AMD)
3. **05/28/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233197AMD)
4. **06/29/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233196AMD)
5. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233195AMD)
6. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233193CHP)
7. **AB2331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331)
8. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2331&version=20090AB233194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2331 SKINNER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2331 Skinner By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #30 AB2331 Skinner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2331 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4943.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-05-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4412.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2010-08-12** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2010-08-20** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4842.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
- **2010-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6780.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f31b7bf8-b3bd-404a-980e-f504e77fde96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).