---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-funded research: State Department of Public Health."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to carry out various powers and duties relating to assisting a state agency in the management and development of intellectual property developed by state employees or with state funding, including, among other duties, developing a database of state-owned intellectual property using specified data."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 609"
citation: "California AB 609 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State-funded research: State Department of Public Health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nestande"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15230c5-deb6-4763-8f39-790abc79b544"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609"
source_hash: "17d145e844d159b8e80ad550aa59cd8fe6df5efa15c7be9abb35a15138bf9558"
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 609 (20132014) — State-funded research: State Department of Public Health.

Existing law authorizes the Department of General Services to carry out various powers and duties relating to assisting a state agency in the management and development of intellectual property developed by state employees or with state funding, including, among other duties, developing a database of state-owned intellectual property using specified data.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60999INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60998AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60997AMD)
4. **05/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60996AMD)
5. **05/28/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60995AMD)
6. **06/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60993AMD)
7. **06/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60992AMD)
8. **06/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60991AMD)
9. **06/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60994AMD)
10. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60989CHP)
11. **AB609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609)
12. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB609&version=20130AB60990ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 609 NESTANDE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB609 Nestande By Hill — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–0** (fail) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 609 NESTANDE Assembly Third Reading — **71–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nestande — primary (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — author (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 7. Page 1814.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2014-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4455.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6097.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 789, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f15230c5-deb6-4763-8f39-790abc79b544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).