---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healthy Families Program."
description: "Healthy Families Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 373"
citation: "California AB 373 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healthy Families Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c9b570a-19b7-4496-ac32-09a8060e80d1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373"
source_hash: "93209cc24f745b09db71df652e36e44859374c2a97992f836b1cbaff9fc32ba9"
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 373 (20032004) — Healthy Families Program.

## 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=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37399INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37398AMD)
3. **06/05/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37397AMD)
4. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37396AMD)
5. **08/01/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37394CHP)
6. **AB373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373)
7. **07/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB373&version=20030AB37395ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 373 chu consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab373 chu by chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 373 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on insurance recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2850.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** 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`
- **2003-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** 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`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1708.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** 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`
- **2003-02-20** 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/0c9b570a-19b7-4496-ac32-09a8060e80d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).