---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eye pathology screening: newborns."
description: "Eye pathology screening: newborns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2185"
citation: "California AB 2185 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Eye pathology screening: newborns."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59435f06-144a-4f4d-8b82-2d96c2454f15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185"
source_hash: "5d03a014ad20be5698ccb160ae2a5cc33d63af6c079c98d017c2a74cdf68e11e"
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 2185 (19992000) — Eye pathology screening: newborns.

## 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=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218599INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218598AMD)
3. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218597AMD)
4. **05/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218596AMD)
5. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218595AMD)
6. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218594AMD)
7. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218592CHP)
8. **AB2185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185)
9. **08/23/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2185&version=19990AB218593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2185 Gallegos Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2185 GALLEGOS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2185 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 325, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 8120.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5862.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 67. Noes 9. Page 6694.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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/59435f06-144a-4f4d-8b82-2d96c2454f15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).