republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-78.md

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Bill	Health care coverage: Department of Managed Health Care.	Health care coverage: Department of Managed Health Care.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 78	California AB 78 (19992000)	bill	Health care coverage: Department of Managed Health Care.	enacted	Gallegos	9	28	8	1998-12-08	1999-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/9c20d0bd-602a-4635-9ce6-0474509b20b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB78	1aa773da26c3bd2af57d0a14af2acceabf01f90788da31a84a840307104790a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 78 (19992000) — Health care coverage: Department of Managed Health Care.

Version chain

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

1. 12/08/98 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB78 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 78 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 78 GALLEGOS CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 2nd Reading AB78 Gallegos By Figueroa — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gallegos — primary (person)
• Shelley — principal coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Villaraigosa — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 1999-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 4425.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 1999-09-09 Read second time. To third reading. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 3164.) reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-08 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-08-25 Joint Rule 61 (a)(10) suspended.
• 1999-08-25 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 2477.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-03 Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended.
• 1999-06-02 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-19 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 1999-04-15 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
• 1999-01-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 1998-12-09 From printer. May be heard in committee January 8.
• 1998-12-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c20d0bd-602a-4635-9ce6-0474509b20b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).