---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical telemedicine."
description: "Medical telemedicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2120"
citation: "California AB 2120 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical telemedicine."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05ea2b8-1202-4dab-aba7-a24129db1e80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120"
source_hash: "3b3ae78a19cc65bc2f9ce5f65a72f87670d14d70521d6d475d53d304542b8ce0"
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 2120 (20072008) — Medical telemedicine.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120&version=20070AB212099INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120&version=20070AB212098AMD)
3. **05/15/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120&version=20070AB212097AMD)
4. **08/04/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120&version=20070AB212095CHP)
5. **AB2120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120)
6. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2120&version=20070AB212096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2120 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2120 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #34 AB2120 Galgiani — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — principal coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** 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`
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5140.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5191.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4708.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2008-08-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05ea2b8-1202-4dab-aba7-a24129db1e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).