republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1946.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Written materials for patients."
description: "Written materials for patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1946"
citation: "California AB 1946 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Written materials for patients."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853bf6bc-1a79-46a6-a0c3-abf9ed8f7bcc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946"
source_hash: "bbd326a4ad7cc5754cf305d67cecd5216d9810a651571f1a64f0c4ac0c2330ed"
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 1946 (20012002) — Written materials for patients.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194699INT)
2. **04/03/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194698AMD)
3. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194697AMD)
4. **06/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194696AMD)
5. **08/07/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194695AMD)
6. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194693CHP)
7. **AB1946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946)
8. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1946&version=20010AB194694ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1946 Corbett By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1946 Corbett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1946 Corbett Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 550, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 7901.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 5551.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-12** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 6515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 7.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03** 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`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/853bf6bc-1a79-46a6-a0c3-abf9ed8f7bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).