republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-936.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care coverage: Medicare supplement coverage."
description: "Health care coverage: Medicare supplement coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 936"
citation: "California AB 936 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care coverage: Medicare supplement coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ceaedc-3c88-4ecb-8bb5-93205b5b145e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936"
source_hash: "d97822cb9060c4095d7b2dd33b83a5a143c824fad8931efc2bfc9d11d9660cd8"
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 936 (19992000) — Health care coverage: Medicare supplement coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93699INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93698AMD)
3. **06/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93697AMD)
4. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93696AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93695AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93694AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93692CHP)
8. **AB936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB936&version=19990AB93693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB936 Reyes By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 936 REYES CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 936 REYES THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 3775.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 2719.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Corrected July 12. ). `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** (Corrected June 30. )
- **1999-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-08** 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`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 1495.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/51ceaedc-3c88-4ecb-8bb5-93205b5b145e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).