---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections: contract health care providers."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with providers of health care services to provide health care services to inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1985"
citation: "California AB 1985 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections: contract health care providers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c028d018-2a8d-4214-9aba-723d4f287ede"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985"
source_hash: "be7194c8240fb2d7ab4acdc12beb47d3d064a542e1d1e8f711b5cccb13c5bf60"
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 1985 (20092010) — Corrections: contract health care providers.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with providers of health care services to provide health care services to inmates.

## 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=200920100AB1985&version=20090AB198599INT)
2. **06/21/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985&version=20090AB198598AMD)
3. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985&version=20090AB198597AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985&version=20090AB198595CHP)
5. **AB1985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985)
6. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1985&version=20090AB198596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1985 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1985 Galgiani By Leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1985 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (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.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (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: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 5405.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4668.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 6473.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c028d018-2a8d-4214-9aba-723d4f287ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).