republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2397.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Anatomical gifts."
description: "Anatomical gifts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2397"
citation: "California AB 2397 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Anatomical gifts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58bddfbf-dca4-4c28-9ba4-ff146d9a2d47"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397"
source_hash: "cfe28c5ec7b92ab7d3f373b0ddc5aa877fe650645ae8a91f38123547e56f6998"
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 2397 (19992000) — Anatomical gifts.

## 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=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239799INT)
2. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239798AMD)
3. **06/01/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239797AMD)
4. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239796AMD)
5. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239795AMD)
6. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239794AMD)
7. **09/28/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239792CHP)
8. **AB2397** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2397&version=19990AB239793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2397 MADDOX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2397 Maddox By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 830, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 8865.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 6300.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** (Corrected August 28. )
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-01** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6235.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 26). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Art. IV, Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with and Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5569.)
- **2000-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** 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/58bddfbf-dca4-4c28-9ba4-ff146d9a2d47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).