---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health: exposure to communicable diseases: first responders."
description: "Health: exposure to communicable diseases: first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2423"
citation: "California AB 2423 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health: exposure to communicable diseases: first responders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe72c8e-03b6-4595-94b5-a28e72268869"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423"
source_hash: "e927a758adc5652d470d6fce0b51182f0e07b9550e51f1465c2590b9c4331b1a"
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 2423 (20012002) — Health: exposure to communicable diseases: first responders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242399INT)
2. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242398AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242397AMD)
4. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242396AMD)
5. **09/03/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242394CHP)
6. **AB2423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423)
7. **08/15/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2423&version=20010AB242395ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2423 Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2423 Cardenas Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2423 Cardenas Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)
- Bill Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — principal coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 342, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2002-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7671.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **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`
- **2002-06-17** 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`
- **2002-06-12** 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 6456.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 22). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** 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`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** 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/4fe72c8e-03b6-4595-94b5-a28e72268869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).