---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance: false and fraudulent claims."
description: "Insurance: false and fraudulent claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1979"
citation: "California AB 1979 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance: false and fraudulent claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f5b056-fb6b-48e0-adf7-b764732107b4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979"
source_hash: "341bd8e5af5bf71cb1c147ecc3799f409e9adfafaa26194ff9f367897da92bbf"
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 1979 (19992000) — Insurance: false and fraudulent claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197999INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197998AMD)
3. **06/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197997AMD)
4. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197996AMD)
5. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197994CHP)
6. **AB1979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979)
7. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1979&version=19990AB197995ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1979 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1979 Wesson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 470, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 8760.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2000-08-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8349.)
- **2000-08-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-07-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** 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`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6466.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** 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: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** 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/60f5b056-fb6b-48e0-adf7-b764732107b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).