---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care provider contracts."
description: "Health care provider contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 175"
citation: "California AB 175 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care provider contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ebbc72-16be-45ba-94f0-5c8854e987ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175"
source_hash: "41b218181fb1dd1792e4eb052bb02292c0945c67ba426304234e5e639bc217f9"
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 175 (20032004) — Health care provider contracts.

## 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=200320040AB175&version=20030AB17599INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175&version=20030AB17598AMD)
3. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175&version=20030AB17597AMD)
4. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175&version=20030AB17595CHP)
5. **AB175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175)
6. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB175&version=20030AB17596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 175 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #21 ab175 cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1964.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 1824.) `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`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** 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`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/92ebbc72-16be-45ba-94f0-5c8854e987ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).