---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment."
description: "Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3000"
citation: "California AB 3000 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d48ca10-a8f7-4d2a-b9c5-ca9fe14eaf63"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000"
source_hash: "dddbeae53b80e8a7c9d839b67801d3076301c3fa6a0bfedd635bf683fd2c97fd"
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 3000 (20072008) — Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment.

## 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=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300099INT)
2. **05/20/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300098AMD)
3. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300097AMD)
4. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300096AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300094CHP)
6. **AB3000** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000)
7. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3000&version=20070AB300095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3000 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB3000 Wolk By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3000 WOLK Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Berg — principal coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (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`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4931.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4684.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-10** (Corrected July 10.)
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6129.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2008-08-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d48ca10-a8f7-4d2a-b9c5-ca9fe14eaf63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).