---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: underwriting practices."
description: "Health care coverage: underwriting practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1150"
citation: "California AB 1150 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: underwriting practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa20ca97-d276-4cac-956f-3f7ffd10c861"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150"
source_hash: "9b125f230db54477a1fa784e94b4d26851e160a9a33d255d65ae5654b102619a"
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 1150 (20072008) — Health care coverage: underwriting practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150&version=20070AB115099INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150&version=20070AB115098AMD)
3. **01/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150&version=20070AB115097AMD)
4. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150&version=20070AB115095CHP)
5. **AB1150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150)
6. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1150&version=20070AB115096ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1150 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB1150 Lieu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3882.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4638.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 188, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa20ca97-d276-4cac-956f-3f7ffd10c861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).