republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage."
description: "Health care coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 215"
citation: "California AB 215 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-01-25"
last_action: "1999-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5674e02d-19f8-4084-98a4-4cd1b0aa5b67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215"
source_hash: "665d71d50d3360352a78c0bba811d606e146110ea364e5bec44f2c69f141fc36"
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 215 (19992000) — Health care coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21599INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21598AMD)
3. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21597AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21596AMD)
5. **09/10/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21595AMD)
6. **09/28/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21593CHP)
7. **AB215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215)
8. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB215&version=19990AB21594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Inactive File AB215 Soto — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 215 SOTO CONCURRENCE W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 215 SOTO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Soto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 4460.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-10** From inactive file. To third reading. Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 3300.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-09** To inactive file on motion of Senator Escutia.
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-08** 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, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 3. Page 1013.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **1999-01-25** 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/5674e02d-19f8-4084-98a4-4cd1b0aa5b67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).