---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obstetrics and gynecology residency requirements."
description: "Obstetrics and gynecology residency requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2194"
citation: "California AB 2194 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Obstetrics and gynecology residency requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f66a0b35-3065-4fe6-b0b6-c21e5f707071"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194"
source_hash: "c534b1693c5c0550739ed71e9c2af75b1939347bae48ec240aed8113370e4190"
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 2194 (20012002) — Obstetrics and gynecology residency requirements.

## 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=200120020AB2194&version=20010AB219499INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194&version=20010AB219498AMD)
3. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194&version=20010AB219497AMD)
4. **09/06/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194&version=20010AB219495CHP)
5. **AB2194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194)
6. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2194&version=20010AB219496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2194 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2194 Jackson Assembly Third Reading Move Previous Question By Washington — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2194 Jackson By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 5365.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 45. Noes 27. Page 6134.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-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`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/f66a0b35-3065-4fe6-b0b6-c21e5f707071`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).