---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care."
description: "Health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 271"
citation: "California AB 271 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-03"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9e0d83c-1a0a-4ce9-8199-3d05279c168d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271"
source_hash: "88b64a9cdebf71b8a548f919be8704a1577934d95a3fac5fd4cb5a1922cb4d78"
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 271 (19992000) — Health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27199INT)
2. **03/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27198AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27197AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27196AMD)
5. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27195AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27194AMD)
7. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27193AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27191CHP)
9. **AB271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271)
10. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB271&version=19990AB27192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB271 Gallegos By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 944, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4482.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3095.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-15** 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`
- **1999-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-23** 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`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1607.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-17** 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`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **1999-02-03** 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/f9e0d83c-1a0a-4ce9-8199-3d05279c168d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).