---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care service plans: contracting providers: lists."
description: "Health care service plans: contracting providers: lists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 938"
citation: "California AB 938 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care service plans: contracting providers: lists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/802a4de1-953a-45fc-b18f-7f2eeb1ace12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938"
source_hash: "354ca36c5f376519fc44774f5bf9f5ffb7ef88a7a097e16deef6240b04bb083f"
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 938 (20012002) — Health care service plans: contracting providers: lists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93899INT)
2. **04/19/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93898AMD)
3. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93897AMD)
4. **05/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93896AMD)
5. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93895AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93894AMD)
7. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93892CHP)
8. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938)
9. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB938&version=20010AB93893ENR)

## Votes

- AB 938 Cohn Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 938 Cohn Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #27 AB938 Cohn By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3419.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2001-07-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-03** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1942.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** 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`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/802a4de1-953a-45fc-b18f-7f2eeb1ace12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).