---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health benefits: reproductive health care."
description: "Health benefits: reproductive health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 525"
citation: "California AB 525 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health benefits: reproductive health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477af73d-c122-4e88-89bb-533be08e3778"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525"
source_hash: "3e34f3fa4d7969085f5803f9a232f9f00b1c940db3845f95b556ad29d1f76e92"
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 525 (19992000) — Health benefits: reproductive health care.

## 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=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52599INT)
2. **01/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52596AMD)
3. **03/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52595AMD)
4. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52598AMD)
5. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52597AMD)
6. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52594AMD)
7. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52592CHP)
8. **AB525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525)
9. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB525&version=19990AB52593ENR)

## Votes

- AB 525 KUEHL THIRD READING MOVE PREVIOUS QUESTION BY WASHINGTON — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 525 KUEHL THIRD READING — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 525 KUEHL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB525 Kuehl By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 525 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuehl — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — author (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 347, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 8213.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 5915.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-27** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 4984.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 4984.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2000-01-20** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Kuehl.
- **1999-06-10** Reconsideration granted. To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Kuehl.
- **1999-06-08** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, June 10.
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 31. Noes 39. Page 2496.) Motion to reconsider on the next Legislative day made by Assembly Member Kuehl. `reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-27** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Kuehl.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary 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/477af73d-c122-4e88-89bb-533be08e3778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).