---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage."
description: "Health care coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2759"
citation: "California AB 2759 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14194196-899d-4194-b238-ae19c4bcb72d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759"
source_hash: "c9cb10046a66686260e9e734c4631e8eb4e91caf1862d969a2e049c0e6056870"
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 2759 (20032004) — Health care coverage.

## 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=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275999INT)
2. **04/15/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275998AMD)
3. **04/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275997AMD)
4. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275996AMD)
5. **05/10/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275995AMD)
6. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275994AMD)
7. **07/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275993AMD)
8. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275992AMD)
9. **09/13/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275990CHP)
10. **AB2759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759)
11. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2759&version=20030AB275991ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2759 levine concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2759 levine by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2759 levine assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — principal coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 7308.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 4954.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `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 79. Noes 1. Page 5744.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-15** 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`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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/14194196-899d-4194-b238-ae19c4bcb72d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).