---
type: "Bill"
title: "Communicable disease: vaccinations."
description: "Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health administers various programs for the protection of public health. The department provides a biennial report to the Legislature on the immunization status of young children in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2009"
citation: "California AB 2009 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communicable disease: vaccinations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f70dba-e5b0-4021-a2bc-50046440727c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009"
source_hash: "b469119e8f1c8f0b8c096cccb8a7ccaafcc6823958a426ad06e82e4f0da67dfb"
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 2009 (20112012) — Communicable disease: vaccinations.

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health administers various programs for the protection of public health. The department provides a biennial report to the Legislature on the immunization status of young children in California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200999INT)
2. **03/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200998AMD)
3. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200997AMD)
4. **04/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200996AMD)
5. **05/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200995AMD)
6. **05/31/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200994AMD)
7. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200993AMD)
8. **08/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200992AMD)
9. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200990CHP)
10. **AB2009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009)
11. **08/29/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2009&version=20110AB200991ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2009 GALGIANI Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #15 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2009 Galgiani By Wolk — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2009 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4788.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4320.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-06** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-08-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-16** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4644.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6244.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f70dba-e5b0-4021-a2bc-50046440727c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).