republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-55.md

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Bill	Health care coverage: independent medical review.	Health care coverage: independent medical review.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 55	California AB 55 (19992000)	bill	Health care coverage: independent medical review.	enacted	Migden	10	32	10	1998-12-07	1999-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/572a47ed-46e0-47e8-8873-42b8daa505e9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB55	aeec55bb4120e798bf1cd970f59fc2e87b48a8470cf8040ff9a03233438cc993	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 55 (19992000) — Health care coverage: independent medical review.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/98 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/09/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/28/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB55 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 55 MIGDEN CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · legislature
• Committee amendments. — fail (fail) · legislature
• AB 55 MIGDEN THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB55 Migden By Schiff — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Migden — primary (person)
• Schiff — author (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Speier — principal coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — principal coauthor (person)
• Thomson — author (person)
• Wayne — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
• 1999-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 4324.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 1999-09-09 Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 3157.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-08 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-09-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-08-25 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-25 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-08-24 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-23 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-07-14 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-07-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
• 1999-06-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 27. Page 2249.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-29 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-26 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 20). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-19 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-13 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 1999-04-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1003.) From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-01-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1998-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 1998-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/572a47ed-46e0-47e8-8873-42b8daa505e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).