---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
description: "Medi-Cal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 784"
citation: "California AB 784 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e508498-8ddb-4a14-a2d6-825ffc143cdd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784"
source_hash: "76033e6ab11d2e04106753a8d93fe7e9fcdd7a1bdba620cd3d5a653455f5657d"
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 784 (19992000) — Medi-Cal.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78499INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78498AMD)
3. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78497AMD)
4. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78496AMD)
5. **06/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78495AMD)
6. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78494AMD)
7. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78493AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78491CHP)
9. **AB784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784)
10. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB784&version=19990AB78492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB784 Romero By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 784 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 784 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 993, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4261.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3053.) `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`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-25** Joint Rule 61 (a)(10) suspended.
- **1999-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2620.)
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **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 Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 79. Noes 0. Page 2156.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/3e508498-8ddb-4a14-a2d6-825ffc143cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).