---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: health care service plans."
description: "Public records: health care service plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 496"
citation: "California AB 496 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records: health care service plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e271450e-482b-4e16-9761-aa7b724aa558"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496"
source_hash: "c07c95d34b93b25e3c83c7f6b3d796da8d33735eae91c017cc243e254db38237"
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 496 (19992000) — Public records: health care service plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49699INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49698AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49697AMD)
4. **05/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49696AMD)
5. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49695AMD)
6. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49694AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49692CHP)
8. **AB496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB496&version=19990AB49693ENR)

## Votes

- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Health with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 496 LEACH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB496 Leach By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 769, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3789.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2715.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-08-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2134.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-20** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/e271450e-482b-4e16-9761-aa7b724aa558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).