---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: hospitals."
description: "Public health: hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 740"
citation: "California AB 740 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public health: hospitals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aanestad"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2ce6d48-4814-443a-a2c5-df9705f2f46b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740"
source_hash: "9ff295cef751992784a00069b2524c389cc3e5fe5deabecf776b6d9497fb95af"
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 740 (20012002) — Public health: hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74099INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74098AMD)
3. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74097AMD)
4. **05/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74096AMD)
5. **08/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74094CHP)
6. **AB740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740)
7. **07/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB740&version=20010AB74095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB740 Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 740 Aanestad Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aanestad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2173.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** 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`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2214.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 30). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-01** 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`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-16** 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`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/f2ce6d48-4814-443a-a2c5-df9705f2f46b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).