---
type: "Bill"
title: "State hospitals."
description: "State hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 941"
citation: "California AB 941 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State hospitals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8978a7-64d0-449a-8833-53bc14b0ac3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941"
source_hash: "7d6fb1e7fac0a8fd085f3e0fb9ab05cd1ac44e6de8e5b8747e4f119e047a60db"
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 941 (20032004) — State hospitals.

## 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=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94199INT)
2. **04/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94198AMD)
3. **04/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94197AMD)
4. **05/07/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94196AMD)
5. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94194CHP)
6. **AB941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941)
7. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB941&version=20030AB94195ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on public safety to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #24 ab941 yee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 941 yee consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2120.) `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 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1987.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-07** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** 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`
- **2003-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/9a8978a7-64d0-449a-8833-53bc14b0ac3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).