---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights."
description: "Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2429"
citation: "California AB 2429 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec38729-9db5-46b9-82e3-ec5511254c59"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429"
source_hash: "b8c4a80fd921758bb68c9c745eac073fe25f1d2e6f58eb6b8c86cd42dda742ab"
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 2429 (20032004) — Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429&version=20030AB242999INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429&version=20030AB242998AMD)
3. **06/03/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429&version=20030AB242997AMD)
4. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429&version=20030AB242995CHP)
5. **AB2429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429)
6. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2429&version=20030AB242996ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2429 chavez consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2429 chavez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2429 chavez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on insurance recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chavez — primary (person)
- Cohn — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7084.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4728.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-21** 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`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** 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`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5864.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** 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`
- **2004-03-30** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/1ec38729-9db5-46b9-82e3-ec5511254c59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).