---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder Economic Planning Act of 2011."
description: "The Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act creates the California Department of Aging, with prescribed duties, including the development of the state plan on aging."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 138"
citation: "California AB 138 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder Economic Planning Act of 2011."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-01-13"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ac6926-e7e7-4b32-bfdf-1cb7cb3a204f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138"
source_hash: "c877b0334ae82d25230a838605db95d43eee3fb3ddf9d502412f67451389929a"
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 138 (20112012) — Elder Economic Planning Act of 2011.

The Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act creates the California Department of Aging, with prescribed duties, including the development of the state plan on aging.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13899INT)
2. **06/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13898AMD)
3. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13897AMD)
4. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13896AMD)
5. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13894CHP)
6. **AB138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138)
7. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB138&version=20110AB13895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 138 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB138 Beall By Liu — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 138 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1639.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2200.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2898.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ac6926-e7e7-4b32-bfdf-1cb7cb3a204f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).