---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."
description: "Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1490"
citation: "California AB 1490 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62f710b8-4ee4-444e-9b38-d43ef921be0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490"
source_hash: "5ba9128e9dcbc4be02236fa331e86164db460158668100bd151b3b45f7ed2125"
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 1490 (20012002) — Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting.

## 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=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149099INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149098AMD)
3. **06/19/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149097AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149096AMD)
5. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149095AMD)
6. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149094AMD)
7. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149093AMD)
8. **10/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149091CHP)
9. **AB1490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490)
10. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1490&version=20010AB149092ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1490 Thomson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1490 Thomson Special Consent Calendar 1st Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1490 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1490 Thomson By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3982.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2869.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended.
- **2001-09-12** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-09-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-09-10** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2624.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1589.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** 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`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **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/62f710b8-4ee4-444e-9b38-d43ef921be0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).