--- type: "Bill" title: "Health care coverage." description: "Health care coverage." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "19992000" identifier: "AB 2168" citation: "California AB 2168 (19992000)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health care coverage."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2000-02-23" last_action: "2000-09-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c9549d-d2b2-4000-9809-560822a21489" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168" source_hash: "7e7077afe14bb3e2c6c08a61c50a8b491173f8b480c6ce891db435b3f69349bc" 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 2168 (19992000) — Health care coverage. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/23/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216899INT) 2. **05/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216898AMD) 3. **05/15/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216897AMD) 4. **08/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216896AMD) 5. **09/13/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216894CHP) 6. **AB2168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168) 7. **08/28/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2168&version=19990AB216895ENR) ## Votes - AB 2168 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature - SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower - SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2168 Gallegos By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper - SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2168 Gallegos By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Gallegos — primary (person) - Shelley — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2000-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 426, Statutes of 2000. - **2000-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2000-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m. - **2000-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8650.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. - **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6036.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2000-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2000-08-22** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2000-08-21** In Senate. Held at Desk. - **2000-08-21** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate. - **2000-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment. - **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2000-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 77. Noes 0. Page 6709.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1` - **2000-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2000-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2000-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage` - **2000-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee` - **2000-05-04** 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, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee` - **2000-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25. - **2000-02-23** 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/e8c9549d-d2b2-4000-9809-560822a21489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).