---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health."
description: "Mental health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2161"
citation: "California AB 2161 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vincent"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af4b93f2-834a-4edd-8b1a-baa782f9fba6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161"
source_hash: "72cbd9917e430c431411ae86dee946d8b57024dac767ca09c0063d18915a5a36"
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 2161 (19992000) — Mental health.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216199INT)
2. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216198AMD)
3. **05/17/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216197AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216196AMD)
5. **08/23/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216195AMD)
6. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216193CHP)
7. **AB2161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161)
8. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2161&version=19990AB216194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2161 VINCENT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2161 Vincent By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2161 VINCENT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vincent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 519, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8594.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 6102.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-08-07** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6514.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2000-02-23** 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/af4b93f2-834a-4edd-8b1a-baa782f9fba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).