---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
description: "Medi-Cal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2716"
citation: "California AB 2716 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebcf53e1-0447-4712-accb-80d69857a025"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716"
source_hash: "c73c49c363c6dc3566dc593cf6f4b2d02a46d68c6560c5f2cfd9e0bdb85d9519"
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 2716 (20032004) — Medi-Cal.

## 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=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271699INT)
2. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271698AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271697AMD)
4. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271696AMD)
5. **08/04/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271695AMD)
6. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271693CHP)
7. **AB2716** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716)
8. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2716&version=20030AB271694ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2716 lowenthal concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2716 lowenthal consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended 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 Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2716 lowenthal by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 454, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7602.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 7337.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 4880.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-04** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** To inactive file on motion of Senator Karnette.
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-09** 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`
- **2004-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5762.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. 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`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/ebcf53e1-0447-4712-accb-80d69857a025`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).