---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California: analysis of legislation mandating health care benefits and services."
description: "University of California: analysis of legislation mandating health care benefits and services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1996"
citation: "California AB 1996 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of California: analysis of legislation mandating health care benefits and services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7e9556f-0b2e-4fbf-bed6-5ecdfa15f9cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996"
source_hash: "09c9850321668dc931c9a1f5493529609ba0fa578c441b3c540726561ec336a0"
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 1996 (20012002) — University of California: analysis of legislation mandating health care benefits and 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=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199699INT)
2. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199698AMD)
3. **05/02/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199697AMD)
4. **05/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199696AMD)
5. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199695AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199694AMD)
7. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199693AMD)
8. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199691CHP)
9. **AB1996** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996)
10. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1996&version=20010AB199692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 1996 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · legislature
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1996 Thomson By Speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 1996 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Nation — author (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — author (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 795, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 8068.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 9. Page 5630.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, 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 Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-06-25** (Corrected June 24. )
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6612.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** 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`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** 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`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/c7e9556f-0b2e-4fbf-bed6-5ecdfa15f9cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).