---
type: "Bill"
title: "Venipuncture."
description: "Venipuncture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1087"
citation: "California AB 1087 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Venipuncture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73c7613c-1768-4af4-808c-409e1c46bf9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087"
source_hash: "5238bf9f82761f59ef52a15d70cbe997f6ca19fb8a6ede970885a69953e013d0"
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 1087 (20032004) — Venipuncture.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108799INT)
2. **01/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108794AMD)
3. **02/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108792CHP)
4. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108798AMD)
5. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108797AMD)
6. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108796AMD)
7. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108795AMD)
8. **AB1087** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087)
9. **02/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1087&version=20030AB108793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1087 frommer by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1087 frommer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1087 frommer assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1087 frommer concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-02-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-02-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-02-17** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4564.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-02-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-02-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2903.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-27** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-01-20** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-01-20** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1749.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/73c7613c-1768-4af4-808c-409e1c46bf9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).