---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance: prescription drug benefits: identification cards."
description: "Health insurance: prescription drug benefits: identification cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 207"
citation: "California AB 207 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance: prescription drug benefits: identification cards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-09"
last_action: "2001-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b572f2b-c828-40c4-958d-435de61d5d67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207"
source_hash: "95089584122251f23c326ff2538b7ca7a25e9db6f40341c587b5617b673258af"
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 207 (20012002) — Health insurance: prescription drug benefits: identification cards.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20799INT)
2. **03/15/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20798AMD)
3. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20797AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20796AMD)
5. **07/16/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20795AMD)
6. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20794AMD)
7. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20793AMD)
8. **10/09/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20791CHP)
9. **AB207** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207)
10. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB207&version=20010AB20792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended 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) · legislature
- AB 207 Matthews Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #29 AB207 Matthews By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 207 Matthews Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3663.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2592.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1686.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** 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`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2001-02-09** 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/0b572f2b-c828-40c4-958d-435de61d5d67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).