JComboBox Action Event problems

I have a complex UI with which I am having action event issues. Basically, the panel displays info about an object, which can be selected from within the panel through a button/popup window mechanism. A JComboBox (#1) selection determines the contents of another JComboBox (#2) on the same panel. Currently an ActionEvent fires when the user makes a selection using #1 that updates #2. This fuctions correctly with repeated testing so long as a new object is not selected.
When a new object is selected from within this panel this ActionEvent no longer fires. JComboBox #1 will be updated correctly and #2 will reflect the initial selection in #1, but user selections in #1 will not fire the ActionEvent and thus #2 is never updated.
Any help is appreciated. I feel like I'm missing something basic here, but I've stared at it for long enough...

By the way, the workaround is to use the ItemListener as the ItemStateChanged Event is fired reliably.

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