---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 776"
citation: "California AB 776 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0731dc84-d9ee-4c25-ba64-0a0cb72399e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776"
source_hash: "7f18c316b219c9ce335f05e29529fea9957f70442d6686538f7a08de2f41a6d6"
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 776 (20132014) — Medi-Cal.

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

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776&version=20130AB77699INT)
2. **07/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776&version=20130AB77698AMD)
3. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776&version=20130AB77696CHP)
4. **AB776** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB776&version=20130AB77697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long€term Care to Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 776 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 776 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB776 Yamada By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1477.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1860.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2583.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0731dc84-d9ee-4c25-ba64-0a0cb72399e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).