republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1914.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing aids."
description: "Hearing aids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1914"
citation: "California AB 1914 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hearing aids."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-08"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8fcf3e0-b9d5-4292-8125-c098f0700f8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914"
source_hash: "14fa4f18d7cd2f72a305eef17146df6d3bc9cf4565afecb1d4989054af37b96a"
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 1914 (20012002) — Hearing aids.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191499INT)
2. **04/02/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191498AMD)
3. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191497AMD)
4. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191496AMD)
5. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191494CHP)
6. **AB1914** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914)
7. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1914&version=20010AB191495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1914 Kehoe Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1914 Kehoe By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1914 Kehoe Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8488.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5886.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 6273.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 1.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2002-02-08** 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/e8fcf3e0-b9d5-4292-8125-c098f0700f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).