---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care service plans: operation in rural areas."
description: "Health care service plans: operation in rural areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 532"
citation: "California AB 532 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care service plans: operation in rural areas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogdill"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52abb92f-7dd6-4643-99cb-dbef9d3d6ab0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532"
source_hash: "55cdd226e5922bb606d64fa2f9c88950578430adb402d37deb70206dea98f4bf"
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 532 (20012002) — Health care service plans: operation in rural areas.

## 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=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53299INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53298AMD)
3. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53297AMD)
4. **07/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53296AMD)
5. **08/31/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53294CHP)
6. **AB532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532)
7. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB532&version=20010AB53295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 532 Cogdill Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 532 Cogdill Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #21 AB532 Cogdill — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cogdill — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — principal coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-30** 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 3069.) `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, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2172.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1415.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** 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`
- **2001-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** 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`
- **2001-03-19** 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/52abb92f-7dd6-4643-99cb-dbef9d3d6ab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).