---
type: "Bill"
title: "Genetically Handicapped Person's Program: California Children's Services Program: contracts: confidentiality."
description: "Genetically Handicapped Person's Program: California Children's Services Program: contracts: confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1298"
citation: "California AB 1298 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Genetically Handicapped Person's Program: California Children's Services Program: contracts: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb4f047-9569-498e-9f8b-fdfcc8b90c06"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298"
source_hash: "3473729ff654a8553b25138471c9776bb7e0041f343586477e497ffc4cd0f36e"
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 1298 (20032004) — Genetically Handicapped Person's Program: California Children's Services Program: contracts: confidentiality.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129899INT)
2. **04/30/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129898AMD)
3. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129897AMD)
4. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129896AMD)
5. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129895AMD)
6. **07/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129894AMD)
7. **08/12/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129893AMD)
8. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129891CHP)
9. **AB1298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298)
10. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1298&version=20030AB129892ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab1298 hancock by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1298 daucher assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1298 hancock concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 750, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7540.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7337.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 19). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5033.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-24** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/edb4f047-9569-498e-9f8b-fdfcc8b90c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).