republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuity of care."
description: "Continuity of care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1286"
citation: "California AB 1286 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Continuity of care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7124d98-4612-412a-b7e9-1a921140f83f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286"
source_hash: "484e8fd8a987d71dbb2d9012f281673284c0f0d9d44e04c2845376681bd4598f"
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 1286 (20032004) — Continuity of care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128699INT)
2. **06/30/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128698AMD)
3. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128697AMD)
4. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128695AMD)
5. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128693CHP)
6. **AB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286)
7. **09/09/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1286&version=20030AB128694ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1286 frommer by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1286 frommer assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1286 frommer concurrence in senate amendments by chan — **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 business and professions. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3617.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 3627.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 2377.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-13** (Corrected August 12. )
- **2003-07-27** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-30** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 2073.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 1.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7124d98-4612-412a-b7e9-1a921140f83f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).