---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health."
description: "Public health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 3049"
citation: "California AB 3049 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Health"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-03-14"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de14af4-dd03-4935-94cd-6af005de531a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049"
source_hash: "8576b5deca46cbd0458056423c879d34e43e3c96f42dfe34d18cc1c532d56f51"
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 3049 (20012002) — Public health.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304999INT)
2. **06/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304998AMD)
3. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304997AMD)
4. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304996AMD)
5. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304994CHP)
6. **AB3049** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049)
7. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB3049&version=20010AB304995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3049 HEALTH Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB3049 Committee on Health (Thomson) By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3049 HEALTH Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8089.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5640.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** 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`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-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 Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6055.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. Art. IV, Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with and Joint Rule 55 suspended. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2002-03-14** 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/3de14af4-dd03-4935-94cd-6af005de531a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).