---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Services Authority: task force: emergency and trauma services."
description: "Emergency Medical Services Authority: task force: emergency and trauma services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1988"
citation: "California AB 1988 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Medical Services Authority: task force: emergency and trauma services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c67441-29fc-48d5-a220-4dbcbc38d246"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988"
source_hash: "45ed818e522349458bdbde478d320f335ff8a06ba93400a8474e4228faf5f214"
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 1988 (20012002) — Emergency Medical Services Authority: task force: emergency and trauma services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198899INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198898AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198897AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198896AMD)
5. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198895AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198894AMD)
7. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198893AMD)
8. **09/03/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198891CHP)
9. **AB1988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988)
10. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1988&version=20010AB198892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1988 Diaz Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1988 Diaz By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1988 Diaz Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7837.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5447.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-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`
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** (Corrected May 29. )
- **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 79. Noes 0. Page 6422.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** 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/68c67441-29fc-48d5-a220-4dbcbc38d246`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).