---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance claims: forms."
description: "Insurance claims: forms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1985"
citation: "California AB 1985 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance claims: forms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dee5d86-3b6e-4196-ab73-00d4654e4389"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985"
source_hash: "93a9e05733ad5fc6914857de559e47ffa3b9ee28b465c1e60518540a0b25ba66"
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 1985 (20032004) — Insurance claims: forms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985&version=20030AB198599INT)
2. **05/03/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985&version=20030AB198598AMD)
3. **07/06/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985&version=20030AB198596CHP)
4. **AB1985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985)
5. **06/17/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1985&version=20030AB198597ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1985 wolk consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- consent calendar 2nd ab1985 wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1985 wolk concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-06-17** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6423.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4103.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4931.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/4dee5d86-3b6e-4196-ab73-00d4654e4389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).