republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-34.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program."
description: "Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 34"
citation: "California AB 34 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9edbdb9-1db7-4456-bb86-1255aa19e822"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34"
source_hash: "8f14d9dac73440408d3788bc0e0144f5a235f1f7ebfbd1974f326609f03f371e"
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 34 (20072008) — Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3499INT)
2. **03/13/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3498AMD)
3. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3497AMD)
4. **05/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3496AMD)
5. **06/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3495AMD)
6. **07/02/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3494AMD)
7. **07/10/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3493AMD)
8. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3492AMD)
9. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3491AMD)
10. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3490AMD)
11. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3488CHP)
12. **AB34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34)
13. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB34&version=20070AB3489ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 34 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB34 Portantino By Migden — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 34 Portantino Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1783.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2541.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 3283.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9edbdb9-1db7-4456-bb86-1255aa19e822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).