---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public benefits: reports on employers."
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 governed, in part, by federal Medicaid provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1792"
citation: "California AB 1792 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public benefits: reports on employers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7496f088-b757-4335-b594-967b9c2e8646"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792"
source_hash: "13035ac5bdbad1c38e6bbd245a0d4d5f86e56a449f132922776a45df4daacba7"
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 1792 (20132014) — Public benefits: reports on employers.

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 governed, in part, by federal Medicaid provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179299INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179298AMD)
3. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179297AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179296AMD)
5. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179295AMD)
6. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179294AMD)
7. **08/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179293AMD)
8. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179291CHP)
9. **AB1792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792)
10. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1792&version=20130AB179292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1792 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–24** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Labor and Employment. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1792 Gomez By Hernandez — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 1792 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5251.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-27** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 4905.)
- **2014-08-27** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 4966.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6725.)
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6725.)
- **2014-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 6729.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 889, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7496f088-b757-4335-b594-967b9c2e8646`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).