---
type: "Bill"
title: "Geriatric medicine."
description: "Geriatric medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1820"
citation: "California AB 1820 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Geriatric medicine."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-03"
last_action: "2000-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d80f1858-1481-4dce-ae12-9f896e6747db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820"
source_hash: "9d6a48417235677e7d4bded69742748e74cf728863f606e6c8f4586e8870203a"
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 1820 (19992000) — Geriatric medicine.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182099INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182098AMD)
3. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182097AMD)
4. **05/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182096AMD)
5. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182095AMD)
6. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182094AMD)
7. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182093AMD)
8. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182092AMD)
9. **08/23/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182091AMD)
10. **09/14/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182089CHP)
11. **AB1820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820)
12. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1820&version=19990AB182090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1820 WRIGHT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1820 WRIGHT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1820 Wright Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — principal coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 8339.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 5961.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** 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`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 18. Page 6731.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-05-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** 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`
- **2000-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2000-02-03** 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/d80f1858-1481-4dce-ae12-9f896e6747db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).