republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1596.md

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Bill	Health benefits.	Health benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1596	California AB 1596 (20032004)	bill	Health benefits.	enacted	Frommer	8	23	6	2003-02-21	2004-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e1f18236-42d5-46db-818f-e44a2c043de1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1596	3cca5e197c8b4d52995afdf9e7912d491977eee595d895e273f6cc45a5f09540	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1596 (20032004) — Health benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/08/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/24/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/07/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/16/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1596 (committee substitute) — source
8. 07/02/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• do pass, to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1596 frommer concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent cale ab1596 frommer — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1596 frommer consent calendar second day regular session — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frommer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-07-08 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2004-07-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 6688.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-06-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-06-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4362.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-06-22 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2004-06-07 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-06-03 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2004-05-24 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
• 2004-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-02-17 Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 2004-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-01-29 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4393.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-01-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2004-01-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (January 13). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-01-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 2004-01-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-10 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; origin ocd-bill/e1f18236-42d5-46db-818f-e44a2c043de1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).