---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health insurance: conversion coverage."
description: "Health insurance: conversion coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 424"
citation: "California AB 424 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health insurance: conversion coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49dfb4d8-9af7-4653-829d-e9b0a098f89c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424"
source_hash: "427ba4ee86ffc3209f511a042131fcb46e5aca39d890125796499e325a80b397"
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 424 (20012002) — Health insurance: conversion coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42499INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42498AMD)
3. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42497AMD)
4. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42496AMD)
5. **05/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42495AMD)
6. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42494AMD)
7. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42492AMD)
8. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42491AMD)
9. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42493AMD)
10. **08/15/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42490AMD)
11. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42489AMD)
12. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42487CHP)
13. **AB424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424)
14. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB424&version=20010AB42488ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB424 Thomson By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 424 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 424 Aroner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 799, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8696.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. `referral-committee`
- **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 37. Noes 0. Page 5865.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2002-06-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** 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`
- **2002-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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`
- **2002-05-24** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-18** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Insurance).
- **2001-07-17** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-05** 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`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 2276.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 3.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** 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`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** 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`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/49dfb4d8-9af7-4653-829d-e9b0a098f89c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).