---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health programs: eligibility."
description: "Health programs: eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 59"
citation: "California AB 59 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health programs: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8867c57e-cc15-4d88-af80-315a23fa9a64"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59"
source_hash: "221ca1c29957f70d92a834a1322a17ac2113a62d1b8eaae9930ad0600fbf3a1e"
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 59 (20012002) — Health programs: eligibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5999INT)
2. **03/28/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5998AMD)
3. **04/19/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5997AMD)
4. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5996AMD)
5. **06/25/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5995AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5994AMD)
7. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5993AMD)
8. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5991CHP)
9. **AB59** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59)
10. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB59&version=20010AB5992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 59 Cedillo Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 59 Cedillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ASSEMBLY BILLS-THIRD AB59 Cedillo By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 894, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 4029.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 3003.) `committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-3, passage`
- **2001-09-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-25** 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`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 18. Page 2256.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (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.)
- **2001-05-09** 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`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** 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`
- **2001-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-28** 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`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/8867c57e-cc15-4d88-af80-315a23fa9a64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).