---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: treatment authorization."
description: "Health care coverage: treatment authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1324"
citation: "California AB 1324 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: treatment authorization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De La Torre"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7038c7b9-4cfc-4701-8ffe-0959ea4e42b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324"
source_hash: "06860df89922a775abb8ef826e369f9b5c59c80a91d025da7dbc4c2005a7f216"
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 1324 (20072008) — Health care coverage: treatment authorization.

## 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=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132499INT)
2. **04/11/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132498AMD)
3. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132497AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132496AMD)
5. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132495AMD)
6. **08/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132494AMD)
7. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132492CHP)
8. **AB1324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324)
9. **09/07/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1324&version=20070AB132493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1324 DE LA TORRE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1324 DE LA TORRE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1324 De La Torre By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De La Torre — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (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 Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 1466.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2321.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 3014.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7038c7b9-4cfc-4701-8ffe-0959ea4e42b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).