---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing aid dispensers."
description: "Hearing aid dispensers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2697"
citation: "California AB 2697 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hearing aid dispensers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5858b29-a4e6-40e5-94ce-e215ecbe945d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697"
source_hash: "45ad7017e89e16a408b536c00f5c0a9c4a48ac9cfae954112ab03dec7b52c995"
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 2697 (19992000) — Hearing aid dispensers.

## 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=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269799INT)
2. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269798AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269797AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269796AMD)
5. **09/01/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269794CHP)
6. **AB2697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697)
7. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2697&version=19990AB269795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 2697 CARDOZA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2697 Cardoza — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2697 CARDOZA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2000-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8037.) `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 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6361.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `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/a5858b29-a4e6-40e5-94ce-e215ecbe945d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).