---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minors: medical care: consent."
description: "Existing law allows minors to consent to specified forms of medical or dental treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 499"
citation: "California AB 499 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors: medical care: consent."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aa3a08c-e204-426b-87b6-7b391817f55b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB499"
source_hash: "021741e44c6ea986d95501832f1ffb4c69d9338a832ab1e16a88dab9ba480115"
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 499 (20112012) — Minors: medical care: consent.

Existing law allows minors to consent to specified forms of medical or dental treatment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB499&version=20110AB49999INT)
2. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB499&version=20110AB49997CHP)
3. **AB499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB499)
4. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB499&version=20110AB49998ENR)

## Votes

- AB 499 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB499 Atkins By Evans — **22–17** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)
- Ma — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 1338.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 17. Page 2204.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 652, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aa3a08c-e204-426b-87b6-7b391817f55b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).