---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health."
description: "Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1098"
citation: "California AB 1098 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4e9c7d-f290-473e-bd42-d29b020a0232"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098"
source_hash: "36e3ced3eac03b2374e4e93e833c362bd580fa6fb6107a15bd37130a0142d79c"
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 1098 (19992000) — Health.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109899INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109898AMD)
3. **05/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109897AMD)
4. **07/03/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109896AMD)
5. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109895AMD)
6. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109894AMD)
7. **08/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109893AMD)
8. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109892AMD)
9. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109890CHP)
10. **AB1098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098)
11. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1098&version=19990AB109891ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1098 Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1098 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1098 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8889.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 31). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8955.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6385.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-25** 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`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** 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 Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-08-07** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-07-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). 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 Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-20** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2000-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-05-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4953.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.1.
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/dd4e9c7d-f290-473e-bd42-d29b020a0232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).