---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthy Families Program."
description: "Healthy Families Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 343"
citation: "California AB 343 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Healthy Families Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-11"
last_action: "2004-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb030e2-cc98-4b18-adcb-d430cec534f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343"
source_hash: "f030cf0bcde41f38ec942e7a51fccb186da67b1b4773ff408a1e86684b6dbd2c"
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 343 (20032004) — Healthy Families Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34399INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34398AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34397AMD)
4. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34396AMD)
5. **08/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34394CHP)
6. **AB343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343)
7. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB343&version=20030AB34395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 343 chan concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 343 chan assembly second reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab343 chan by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2004-01-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 4201.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** Passed on file.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2166.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** 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`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 2115.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2003-02-11** 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/fdb030e2-cc98-4b18-adcb-d430cec534f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).