---
type: "Bill"
title: "Birth Defects Monitoring Program."
description: "Birth Defects Monitoring Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2599"
citation: "California AB 2599 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Birth Defects Monitoring Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f89e8ac-bf45-44dd-917f-126c4743961d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599"
source_hash: "1c0b1819112c7f5d9d3e3e92224489426bcc7d9fb2999b8fc0248d307ffc7796"
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 2599 (20072008) — Birth Defects Monitoring Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259999INT)
2. **04/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259998AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259997AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259996AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259995AMD)
6. **08/21/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259994AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259992CHP)
8. **AB2599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599)
9. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2599&version=20070AB259993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2599 DE LEON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2599 DE LEON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2599 De Leon By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De Leon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **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`
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5165.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5473.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7129.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f89e8ac-bf45-44dd-917f-126c4743961d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).