republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-3044.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prenatal ultrasounds."
description: "Prenatal ultrasounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3044"
citation: "California AB 3044 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prenatal ultrasounds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-26"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14e034fe-79d5-4f62-9186-0a053e7f3f13"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044"
source_hash: "eb29e0f847be60b31e0991512f44e2860773bbf0af3b44181d64e3394b31fc52"
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 3044 (20032004) — Prenatal ultrasounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304499INT)
2. **03/31/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304498AMD)
3. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304497AMD)
4. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304496AMD)
5. **05/06/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304495AMD)
6. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304494AMD)
7. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304493AMD)
8. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304492AMD)
9. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304490CHP)
10. **AB3044** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044)
11. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3044&version=20030AB304491ENR)

## Votes

- ab 3044 yee assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab3044 yee by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab3044 yee by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 770, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 7848.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 5335.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-16** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 4865.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 6049.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 20). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** 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`
- **2004-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** 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`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2004-02-26** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. 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/14e034fe-79d5-4f62-9186-0a053e7f3f13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).