---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care."
description: "Health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 982"
citation: "California AB 982 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2197dc61-0c91-44e6-91da-0f054502b5b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982"
source_hash: "9d82acfb7acf80a0993342196937b6e469ccfb87d1c4a79d82352b8ad87e79ab"
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 982 (20012002) — Health care.

## 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=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98299INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98298AMD)
3. **05/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98296AMD)
4. **06/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98297AMD)
5. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98295AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98294AMD)
7. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98293AMD)
8. **09/30/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98291CHP)
9. **AB982** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982)
10. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB982&version=20010AB98292ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB982 Firebaugh By Brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 982 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **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 982 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1131, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 8532.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 5807.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-04** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 70. Noes 3. Page 2254.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 2216.) `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **2001-05-31** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Firebaugh.
- **2001-04-26** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Firebaugh.
- **2001-04-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-23** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2001-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/2197dc61-0c91-44e6-91da-0f054502b5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).