---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing care contracts."
description: "Continuing care contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2550"
citation: "California AB 2550 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Continuing care contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33051244-b52f-452b-b89b-59a97519bfc5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550"
source_hash: "6ad478331126d54b7eb5f328f204bcedd8b3340a1a63ac905025de0fb501580d"
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 2550 (20032004) — Continuing care contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550&version=20030AB255099INT)
2. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550&version=20030AB255098AMD)
3. **07/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550&version=20030AB255096CHP)
4. **AB2550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550)
5. **06/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2550&version=20030AB255097ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2550 steinberg consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- special consent cale ab2550 steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4364.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5629.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/33051244-b52f-452b-b89b-59a97519bfc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).