republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1931.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Injury prevention."
description: "Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, establishes the Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, continuously appropriated to the University of California, for the purpose of awarding grants to perform spinal cord injury research projects. The fund consists of moneys from private entities, as specified, as well as public moneys transferred to the fund. Existing law, with the approval of the Regents of the University of California, also creates a Spinal Cord Injury Research Program in the University of California to promote spinal cord injury research in California. The program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1931"
citation: "California AB 1931 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Injury prevention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torrico"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c9d2fc-b372-4a9e-9b42-0adbd4272b56"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931"
source_hash: "1761e71eec4499c91107d0ec46fccb7e5b293a3937e2442f9c4003d64a8aa86c"
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 1931 (20092010) — Injury prevention.

Existing law, the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999, establishes the Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund, continuously appropriated to the University of California, for the purpose of awarding grants to perform spinal cord injury research projects. The fund consists of moneys from private entities, as specified, as well as public moneys transferred to the fund. Existing law, with the approval of the Regents of the University of California, also creates a Spinal Cord Injury Research Program in the University of California to promote spinal cord injury research in California. The program and the fund are repealed as of January 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193199INT)
2. **05/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193198AMD)
3. **06/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193197AMD)
4. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193196AMD)
5. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193194CHP)
6. **AB1931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931)
7. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1931&version=20090AB193195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1931 TORRICO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1931 TORRICO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1931 Torrico By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torrico — primary (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 5455.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6485.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c9d2fc-b372-4a9e-9b42-0adbd4272b56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).