---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance fraud."
description: "Insurance fraud."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2594"
citation: "California AB 2594 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance fraud."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97df35ee-6297-4a90-8807-bfdc0686eba1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594"
source_hash: "b0a0ed5d513b9539bdcca767ed2fcf150bf07593530e0feb071f173daa1faa49"
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 2594 (19992000) — Insurance fraud.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259499INT)
2. **05/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259498AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259497AMD)
4. **05/31/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259496AMD)
5. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259495AMD)
6. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259493CHP)
7. **AB2594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594)
8. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2594&version=19990AB259494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2594 COX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2594 COX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2594 Cox Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 843, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 8083.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5778.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** 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`
- **2000-06-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6979.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** 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 5. Noes 3.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-25** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97df35ee-6297-4a90-8807-bfdc0686eba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).