---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."
description: "Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2831"
citation: "California AB 2831 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eab30fb8-b97c-4766-b90b-0f97a35e3027"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831"
source_hash: "2d6bf4b9144703c05e616da2606e1c316d6caa8067d0aac4ce264ae678fd47ea"
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 2831 (20012002) — Health records: delivery of laboratory test results by Internet posting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283199INT)
2. **04/10/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283198AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283197AMD)
4. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283196AMD)
5. **07/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283194CHP)
6. **AB2831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831)
7. **06/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2831&version=20010AB283195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2831 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2831 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2831 Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2002-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4867.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5870.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** 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`
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-10** 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`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/eab30fb8-b97c-4766-b90b-0f97a35e3027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).