---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical services."
description: "Emergency medical services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 559"
citation: "California AB 559 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency medical services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2d5833-9906-4306-8fd5-5f24264ab495"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB559"
source_hash: "b376bd6a729bd49de70cc4b41342f65ba85d491c593d4c6318ace1259b93f423"
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 559 (20012002) — Emergency medical services.

## 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=200120020AB559&version=20010AB55999INT)
2. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB559&version=20010AB55998AMD)
3. **10/03/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB559&version=20010AB55996CHP)
4. **AB559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB559)
5. **08/27/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB559&version=20010AB55997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 559 Wiggins Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB559 Wiggins By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2439.) `passage, reading-1, 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`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-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 76. Noes 0. Page 2257.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Education. `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/bb2d5833-9906-4306-8fd5-5f24264ab495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).