---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records: alternative birth center."
description: "Vital records: alternative birth center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1797"
citation: "California AB 1797 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vital records: alternative birth center."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2000-01-27"
last_action: "2000-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde7a0e9-f7db-48aa-abd0-fb050ac50ce1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797"
source_hash: "2ff1c1f9e27f05a6c47e07f6a6b76bc6ea3f9124f673ca9440fc255179f843d8"
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 1797 (19992000) — Vital records: alternative birth center.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797&version=19990AB179799INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797&version=19990AB179798AMD)
3. **07/03/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797&version=19990AB179796CHP)
4. **AB1797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797)
5. **06/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1797&version=19990AB179797ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1797 Bock — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bock — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2000-06-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-06-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5237.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6037.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** 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`
- **2000-03-28** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2000-01-27** 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/dde7a0e9-f7db-48aa-abd0-fb050ac50ce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).