---
type: "Bill"
title: "HIV counselors: education and training."
description: "HIV counselors: education and training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 685"
citation: "California AB 685 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIV counselors: education and training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11f74ab3-6408-4cc8-b991-1de7402d96b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685"
source_hash: "0f1e9c99a169e29f399cac647d870307024e9cf985cd868906cb3875f2538af0"
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 685 (20032004) — HIV counselors: education and training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68599INT)
2. **01/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68591CHP)
3. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68598AMD)
4. **05/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68597AMD)
5. **06/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68596AMD)
6. **06/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68595AMD)
7. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68594AMD)
8. **08/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68593AMD)
9. **AB685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685)
10. **01/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB685&version=20030AB68592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 685 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 685 leno third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab685 leno by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-01-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 2, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-01-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-01-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-01-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4202.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** Passed on file.
- **2003-09-02** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2172.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** 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`
- **2003-07-16** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2736.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-26** 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`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** 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`
- **2003-06-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health, and then be re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-19** 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`
- **2003-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** 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 and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/11f74ab3-6408-4cc8-b991-1de7402d96b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).