---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage."
description: "Health care coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2179"
citation: "California AB 2179 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c659439d-e295-4591-a130-cd670a4047a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179"
source_hash: "2655e458dd2cd6a5e274c788315df355a551756364797a4ddf6eb8b32a5de760"
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 2179 (20012002) — Health care coverage.

## 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=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217999INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217998AMD)
3. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217997AMD)
4. **06/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217996AMD)
5. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217995AMD)
6. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217993CHP)
7. **AB2179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179)
8. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2179&version=20010AB217994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2179 Cohn Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2179 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2179 Cohn By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8421.) `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 21. Noes 13. Page 5875.) `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`
- **2002-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 24). `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`
- **2002-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6142.) `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`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** 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`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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/c659439d-e295-4591-a130-cd670a4047a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).