---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: cancer programs."
description: "Health: cancer programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2143"
citation: "California AB 2143 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health: cancer programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3496240e-5de5-4341-83cc-f52901e147da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2143"
source_hash: "1213f54184ccade4904840b418f150c7cf76c2f3237569df3467843b577d8f6c"
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 2143 (20012002) — Health: cancer programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2143&version=20010AB214399INT)
2. **08/26/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2143&version=20010AB214397CHP)
3. **AB2143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2143)
4. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2143&version=20010AB214398ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2143 Matthews — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2143 Matthews Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, 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 5370.) `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** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6345.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** Art. IV, Sec. 8(b) of the Constitution suspended.
- **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`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** 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/3496240e-5de5-4341-83cc-f52901e147da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).