---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: health care benefits."
description: "Military service: health care benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1850"
citation: "California AB 1850 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: health care benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-01-29"
last_action: "2002-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c304982-76c6-4d06-8c58-764ed5e571b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850"
source_hash: "50d12e39ecd2de968650415b85d56ff478dbc3506937696cc21049ed0450cf9d"
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 1850 (20012002) — Military service: health care benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850&version=20010AB185099INT)
2. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850&version=20010AB185098AMD)
3. **09/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850&version=20010AB185096CHP)
4. **AB1850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850)
5. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1850&version=20010AB185097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1850 Nakano Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1850 Nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1850 Nakano Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bill Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8382.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5827.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-14** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6141.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2002-01-29** 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/4c304982-76c6-4d06-8c58-764ed5e571b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).