---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health research: women's health."
description: "Health research: women's health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2038"
citation: "California AB 2038 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health research: women's health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fef5a64a-98bb-4452-b053-343d26bbc5cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2038"
source_hash: "d499566a46f46fd36245312c8d8774cee0f924d6cfd83651b36ac4e4c0cd0387"
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 2038 (19992000) — Health research: women's health.

## 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=199920000AB2038&version=19990AB203899INT)
2. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2038&version=19990AB203898AMD)
3. **08/28/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2038&version=19990AB203896CHP)
4. **AB2038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2038)
5. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2038&version=19990AB203897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2038 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2038 Alquist By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 7. Page 5693.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-24** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 11. Page 6180.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (April 26). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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/fef5a64a-98bb-4452-b053-343d26bbc5cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).