---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health professions: educational loan reimbursement: funding."
description: "Mental health professions: educational loan reimbursement: funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 938"
citation: "California AB 938 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health professions: educational loan reimbursement: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ecb1a37-4c67-4d1a-80b6-461210fa47e9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938"
source_hash: "7ad4c2816344fd99c75f8f2fd2dc18dc7f496d596fe31a365a5d699d25307b68"
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 938 (20032004) — Mental health professions: educational loan reimbursement: funding.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93899INT)
2. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93898AMD)
3. **04/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93897AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93896AMD)
5. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93895AMD)
6. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93894AMD)
7. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93893AMD)
8. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93892AMD)
9. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93890CHP)
10. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938)
11. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB938&version=20030AB93891ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 938 yee assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab938 yee by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 938 yee concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 32. Page 3448.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2277.) `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 3.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, 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 Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, 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 Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 34. Page 2237.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `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`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 8.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** 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** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/8ecb1a37-4c67-4d1a-80b6-461210fa47e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).