---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outpatient settings: general anesthesia."
description: "Outpatient settings: general anesthesia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 552"
citation: "California AB 552 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Outpatient settings: general anesthesia."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7209174-9872-43d5-8b07-4ef573259af7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB552"
source_hash: "5f297c06358088067aa2bbd452c57f02143514038e108ba3face191821f7da40"
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 552 (19992000) — Outpatient settings: general anesthesia.

## 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=199920000AB552&version=19990AB55299INT)
2. **07/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB552&version=19990AB55297CHP)
3. **AB552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB552)
4. **07/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB552&version=19990AB55298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #20 AB552 Thompson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson — primary (person)
- Speier — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 177, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2304.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. (Corrected March 3. ). `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/f7209174-9872-43d5-8b07-4ef573259af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).