Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

99 lines
7.6 KiB
Markdown

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: cultural and linguistic competency."
description: "Healing arts: cultural and linguistic competency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2394"
citation: "California AB 2394 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: cultural and linguistic competency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb0a875-9ec4-455e-9645-3327ad6c9f73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394"
source_hash: "04dbdb9fbbae08ba1645a3cdb0c4fe498ad9ca68282014614a9c663537c26425"
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 2394 (19992000) — Healing arts: cultural and linguistic competency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239499INT)
2. **04/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239498AMD)
3. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239497AMD)
4. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239496AMD)
5. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239495AMD)
6. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239494AMD)
7. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239493AMD)
8. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239492AMD)
9. **09/28/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239490CHP)
10. **AB2394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394)
11. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2394&version=19990AB239491ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2394 Firebaugh By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2394 FIREBAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2394 FIREBAUGH CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Ortiz — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2000-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 8935.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 6403.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 6745.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health by unanimous consent. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5913.). `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2000-02-24** 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/1bb0a875-9ec4-455e-9645-3327ad6c9f73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).