---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing: workforce planning."
description: "Nursing: workforce planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1140"
citation: "California AB 1140 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Nursing: workforce planning."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65cfd731-9c37-4b3e-bda7-7b892ba606e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140"
source_hash: "097d3dbd746745c4d8c3b5a727ed4d9a99d423575a7c46e7c4cd2384e0d42668"
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 1140 (20012002) — Nursing: workforce planning.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114099INT)
2. **01/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114098AMD)
3. **01/24/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114097AMD)
4. **06/03/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114096AMD)
5. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114094CHP)
6. **AB1140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140)
7. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1140&version=20010AB114095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1140 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1140 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1140 Thomson By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1089, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 7918.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 5550.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-03** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4648.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-29** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2002-01-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-10** 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. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65cfd731-9c37-4b3e-bda7-7b892ba606e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).