---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical professionals: conduct."
description: "Medical professionals: conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 487"
citation: "California AB 487 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical professionals: conduct."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ce6acb-7cca-46cb-99c3-1566f02dc884"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487"
source_hash: "a618db022f4facf2f66048c665e0d85e015b3f8f6c9eef898e07492560f8b941"
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 487 (20012002) — Medical professionals: conduct.

## 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=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48799INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48798AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48797AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48796AMD)
5. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48795AMD)
6. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48794AMD)
7. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48793AMD)
8. **10/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48791CHP)
9. **AB487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487)
10. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB487&version=20010AB48792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB487 Aroner By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 487 Aroner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 487 Aroner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 518, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 3749.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2734.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `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 57. Noes 16. Page 2283.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 4). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-04** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2082.)
- **2001-05-31** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 3.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-28** 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`
- **2001-02-22** 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/f6ce6acb-7cca-46cb-99c3-1566f02dc884`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).