---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health practitioners."
description: "Health practitioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1545"
citation: "California AB 1545 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health practitioners."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e3bd66-2284-4625-836e-5c19e48a227f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545"
source_hash: "20364cf4cd18c6dbf7092c90c527e11d9a2c8e4963187d8fea5b087be1d2c471"
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 1545 (19992000) — Health practitioners.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154599INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154598AMD)
3. **05/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154597AMD)
4. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154596AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154595AMD)
6. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154594AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154592CHP)
8. **AB1545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545)
9. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1545&version=19990AB154593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1545 CORREA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1545 Correa By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1545 CORREA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 914, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 4268.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3048.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** 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 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 1996.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Correa.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. (Corrected April 19. ). `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80e3bd66-2284-4625-836e-5c19e48a227f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).