---
type: "Bill"
title: "Independent Living Program."
description: "Independent Living Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1979"
citation: "California AB 1979 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Independent Living Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d048f36-a0c1-4aa1-b692-7a6851b495ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979"
source_hash: "22fa52c07731de127e1037245c20ff8e50a3c62a4e4ef9dd523d5617a492cb69"
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 1979 (20012002) — Independent Living Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979&version=20010AB197999INT)
2. **05/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979&version=20010AB197998AMD)
3. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979&version=20010AB197996CHP)
4. **AB1979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979)
5. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979&version=20010AB197997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1979 Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1979 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5369.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6414.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d048f36-a0c1-4aa1-b692-7a6851b495ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).