---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program."
description: "Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 994"
citation: "California AB 994 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07f5d24e-7304-43c0-989a-e96141714b91"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994"
source_hash: "ee5c99fed708fd7024f10103eca810693ee2ba3c9bad1c1714460e4c9c6d8ba6"
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 994 (20072008) — Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99499INT)
2. **04/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99498AMD)
3. **06/09/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99496AMD)
4. **06/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99497AMD)
5. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99494CHP)
6. **AB994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994)
7. **08/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB994&version=20070AB99495ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB994 Parra By Negrete McLeod — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 994 PARRA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 994 PARRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 10. Page 1317.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-09** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4877.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6605.)
- **2008-08-19** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6728.)
- **2008-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 6831.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 426, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07f5d24e-7304-43c0-989a-e96141714b91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).