---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care."
description: "Health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2085"
citation: "California AB 2085 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b660fd67-139e-4aa7-8ba3-19bc07202375"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085"
source_hash: "b8dde5c429864d155046170cae0921caa42e4834f5a3bea9a046c024d9d8d775"
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 2085 (20012002) — Health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208599INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208598AMD)
3. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208597AMD)
4. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208596AMD)
5. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208595AMD)
6. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208594AMD)
7. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208593AMD)
8. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208592AMD)
9. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208590CHP)
10. **AB2085** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085)
11. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2085&version=20010AB208591ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2085 Corbett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2085 Corbett Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2085 Corbett By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 8423.) `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.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5805.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** 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`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 18. Page 6288.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 6.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** 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`
- **2002-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** 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`
- **2002-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** 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/b660fd67-139e-4aa7-8ba3-19bc07202375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).