republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1979.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Independent Living Program.	Independent Living Program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 1979	California AB 1979 (20012002)	bill	Independent Living Program.	enacted	Steinberg	5	19	5	2002-02-14	2002-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1d048f36-a0c1-4aa1-b692-7a6851b495ef	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1979	22fa52c07731de127e1037245c20ff8e50a3c62a4e4ef9dd523d5617a492cb69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1979 (20012002) — Independent Living Program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/02 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/16/02 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1979 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1979 Steinberg — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1979 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steinberg — primary (person)
• Alpert — coauthor (person)
• Aroner — coauthor (person)
• Bowen — coauthor (person)
• Cardoza — coauthor (person)
• Cohn — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Machado — coauthor (person)
• Ortiz — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Scott — coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-08-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2002-08-12 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2002-08-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5369.) passage, reading-1, 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-06-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2002-06-04 Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 2002-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2002-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6414.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage
• 2002-05-20 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2002-05-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2002-04-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2002-02-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2002-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2002-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d048f36-a0c1-4aa1-b692-7a6851b495ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).