---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cancer."
description: "Cancer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 480"
citation: "California AB 480 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cancer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3af37ad-8cad-4a0f-8ac1-510c84577f95"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480"
source_hash: "eafafb80994d68775a8b86011939f8d8c54de7be43685b0d1f8632c8f334c371"
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 480 (20012002) — Cancer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480&version=20010AB48099INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480&version=20010AB48098AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480&version=20010AB48097AMD)
4. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480&version=20010AB48095CHP)
5. **AB480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB480&version=20010AB48096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 480 Pacheco,Robert Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 480 Pacheco,Robert Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB480 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — author (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — author (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3083.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2169.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, 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`
- **2001-06-28** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2033.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/d3af37ad-8cad-4a0f-8ac1-510c84577f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).