republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2059.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employee health benefits: survivors of firefighters and peace officers."
description: "Public employee health benefits: survivors of firefighters and peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2059"
citation: "California AB 2059 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public employee health benefits: survivors of firefighters and peace officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/447b333f-04de-463e-b291-bbd15cf241e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059"
source_hash: "0f02281f438bf7c11cb848e2a42855604eed934cc2138a11ab30d9ad1c778804"
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 2059 (20012002) — Public employee health benefits: survivors of firefighters and peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205999INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205998AMD)
3. **05/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205997AMD)
4. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205996AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205995AMD)
6. **09/20/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205993CHP)
7. **AB2059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059)
8. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2059&version=20010AB205994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2059 Pacheco,Rod Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2059 Pacheco,Rod Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2059 Rod Pacheco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)
- Bogh — author (person)
- Cohn — author (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7929.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5529.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-08-06** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6455.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 22). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** 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/447b333f-04de-463e-b291-bbd15cf241e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).