---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: South Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2599"
citation: "California AB 2599 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: South Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb8cc35-671e-4672-b071-31440cb65f11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599"
source_hash: "51bfb660c9d642b6b05eff01def79fab6666ac1fca6cfb0775d0c57a40921f43"
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 2599 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: South Los Angeles.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259999INT)
2. **06/01/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259998AMD)
3. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259997AMD)
4. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259996AMD)
5. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259994CHP)
6. **AB2599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599)
7. **09/08/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2599&version=20090AB259995ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2599 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2599 BASS Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2599 Bass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Hall — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5582.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-08-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-09** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2010-08-23** To second reading.
- **2010-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 4876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6707.)
- **2010-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 6782.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fb8cc35-671e-4672-b071-31440cb65f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).