---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing aid dispensing."
description: "Hearing aid dispensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 525"
citation: "California AB 525 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hearing aid dispensing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f75f9b3c-a7da-4857-a2ad-e63352bfd974"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525"
source_hash: "71d938568cd6d94fdfd74ad197c2e3f63815469fdae6cb209b190bf7bc6073f6"
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 525 (20032004) — Hearing aid dispensing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525&version=20030AB52599INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525&version=20030AB52598AMD)
3. **07/14/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525&version=20030AB52596CHP)
4. **AB525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525)
5. **06/27/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB525&version=20030AB52597ENR)

## Votes

- ab 525 cohn assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab525 cohn by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-06-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 3. Page 1529.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1615.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/f75f9b3c-a7da-4857-a2ad-e63352bfd974`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).