republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-321.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health care service plans: contract termination dates."
description: "Health care service plans: contract termination dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 321"
citation: "California AB 321 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health care service plans: contract termination dates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogdill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-07"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960535e2-fe04-47a5-99fe-c719306b2ab8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321"
source_hash: "2c43f1610fb6fecc0ce0c4dbd178fa646d0093bc8fd3e9f30531b48b1f006eb6"
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 321 (20032004) — Health care service plans: contract termination dates.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32199INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32197AMD)
3. **01/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32196AMD)
4. **04/13/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32195AMD)
5. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32198AMD)
6. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32194AMD)
7. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32192CHP)
8. **AB321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321)
9. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB321&version=20030AB32193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 321 cogdill third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 321 cogdill concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab321 cogdill by speier — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cogdill — primary (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 411, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 7135.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4842.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-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`
- **2004-04-22** 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`
- **2004-04-13** 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4405.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.) (January 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 22. Noes 2.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** 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`
- **2003-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2003-02-07** 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/960535e2-fe04-47a5-99fe-c719306b2ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).