---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Health Initiative Matching Fund."
description: "County Health Initiative Matching Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1524"
citation: "California AB 1524 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Health Initiative Matching Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richman"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fc2f827-7d38-47e1-b0a3-0e1b41b21904"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524"
source_hash: "a54ebf76b3cc4dc1ae99248fbb223e741b64692b9a0012d635df692f2b768f8f"
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 1524 (20032004) — County Health Initiative Matching Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152499INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152498AMD)
3. **05/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152497AMD)
4. **06/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152496AMD)
5. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152495AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152494AMD)
7. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152493AMD)
8. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152491CHP)
9. **AB1524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524)
10. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1524&version=20030AB152492ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1524 richman by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1524 richman assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1524 richman concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richman — primary (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 866, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3787.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-27** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 2045.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 1.) (May 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 21. Noes 1.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fc2f827-7d38-47e1-b0a3-0e1b41b21904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).