---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: pain management."
description: "Healing arts: pain management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 791"
citation: "California AB 791 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: pain management."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03aafca9-19ed-4703-9ae9-d3e811a141bd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791"
source_hash: "6ccaa8d67bf83f7e2cea3811514429274763855958334464d16df652ca929c4f"
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 791 (19992000) — Healing arts: pain management.

## 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=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79199INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79198AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79197AMD)
4. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79196AMD)
5. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79195AMD)
6. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79194AMD)
7. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79193AMD)
8. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79191CHP)
9. **AB791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791)
10. **08/31/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB791&version=19990AB79192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 791 THOMSON CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #25 AB791 Thomson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Migden — author (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 403, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3675.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2494.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. 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`
- **1999-04-27** 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`
- **1999-04-08** 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/03aafca9-19ed-4703-9ae9-d3e811a141bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).