---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records and meetings: health-related entities."
description: "Public records and meetings: health-related entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 171"
citation: "California AB 171 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records and meetings: health-related entities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f68943c2-abe6-4b61-a75d-0923dcaa0295"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171"
source_hash: "9d05ebe7057f8ca4b7af5c9701291b22d126ae3285f7f08541c5764b35595e2d"
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 171 (20032004) — Public records and meetings: health-related entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17199INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17198AMD)
3. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17197AMD)
4. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17196AMD)
5. **06/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17195AMD)
6. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17194AMD)
7. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17193AMD)
8. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17191CHP)
9. **AB171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171)
10. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB171&version=20030AB17192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 171 cohn concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 171 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab171 cohn by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — author (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 424, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3211.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2134.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-01** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1443.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Re-referred. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2003-01-23** 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/f68943c2-abe6-4b61-a75d-0923dcaa0295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).