---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care."
description: "Health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2178"
citation: "California AB 2178 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0618be3-774f-40ee-ad4c-606c9933ac0b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178"
source_hash: "a93ae6308128270fdd7bf047b7cf98e1655137586d189b2ddfb7046746e24f90"
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 2178 (20012002) — Health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217899INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217898AMD)
3. **05/24/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217897AMD)
4. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217896AMD)
5. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217895AMD)
6. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217894AMD)
7. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217892CHP)
8. **AB2178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178)
9. **08/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2178&version=20010AB217893ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2178 Goldberg By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2178 Goldberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass 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 2178 Goldberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 649, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 8571.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 16. Page 5897.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-13** 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`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 29. Page 6634.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** 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`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/b0618be3-774f-40ee-ad4c-606c9933ac0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).