---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care service plans."
description: "Health care service plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 362"
citation: "California AB 362 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care service plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd6d4b2-e35a-4e77-b659-adb2b456fe36"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB362"
source_hash: "869d62b397a2526f52d48358b38270647d78419db7008666429f2df0532aa0a5"
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 362 (20032004) — Health care service plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB362&version=20030AB36299INT)
2. **07/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB362&version=20030AB36297CHP)
3. **AB362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB362)
4. **07/07/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB362&version=20030AB36298ENR)

## Votes

- ab 362 garcia assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #18 ab362 garcia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1668.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1821.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/1dd6d4b2-e35a-4e77-b659-adb2b456fe36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).