---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care."
description: "Health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 829"
citation: "California AB 829 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf848c46-5062-4557-86f9-4076ba3de114"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829"
source_hash: "07b6348677d025ac3cc360d397419a2bb77d20aaf9313116f7351518607447a5"
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 829 (20012002) — Health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82999INT)
2. **04/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82998AMD)
3. **05/24/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82997AMD)
4. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82996AMD)
5. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82995AMD)
6. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82994AMD)
7. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82992CHP)
8. **AB829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829)
9. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB829&version=20010AB82993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 829 Cohn Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #28 AB829 Cohn By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 829 Cohn Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3836.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2001-09-05** Ordered returned to Assembly.
- **2001-09-04** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-09-04** From Special Consent Calendar. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, 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`
- **2001-07-12** 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`
- **2001-07-05** 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`
- **2001-06-14** 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 77. Noes 0. Page 2278.) `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 30). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-30** (Corrected May 29. )
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/cf848c46-5062-4557-86f9-4076ba3de114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).