---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
description: "Medi-Cal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2899"
citation: "California AB 2899 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2000-03-14"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6af076b-d080-47a3-beac-950c100cbce5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899"
source_hash: "640594c65c1b5a85340c504b141084e13e5a11c6711bf2f52da0deac428d9394"
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 2899 (19992000) — Medi-Cal.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899&version=19990AB289999INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899&version=19990AB289998AMD)
3. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899&version=19990AB289996CHP)
4. **AB2899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899)
5. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2899&version=19990AB289997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2899 Committee on Health (Gallegos) By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 858, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6289.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2000-07-05** From Consent Calendar. To inactive file on motion of Senator Escutia.
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6465.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2000-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2000-03-14** 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/d6af076b-d080-47a3-beac-950c100cbce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).