republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing."
description: "Nursing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1253"
citation: "California AB 1253 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6e3243-9ca8-4763-9e65-f6c684d09577"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253"
source_hash: "a5453fa7b4ad5920b4b33a48326dd170425160f8de900fb482afa033c5ce8db6"
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 1253 (20012002) — Nursing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125399INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125398AMD)
3. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125397AMD)
4. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125396AMD)
5. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125395AMD)
6. **10/02/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125393CHP)
7. **AB1253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253)
8. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1253&version=20010AB125394ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #24 AB1253 Matthews — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1253 Matthews Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1253 Matthews Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #28 AB1253 Matthews By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)
- Thomson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 420, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3420.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-08-20** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2179.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1530.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** 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/4c6e3243-9ca8-4763-9e65-f6c684d09577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).