---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal renewal."
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: "SB 18"
citation: "California SB 18 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal renewal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2014-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98cc93c3-899e-4950-885b-8c0fa2699a3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18"
source_hash: "47b8c495ea4ddf9ee950131af63dd974b87f9f3fabe6e3a6c640b817e6cbc764"
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 SB 18 (20132014) — Medi-Cal renewal.

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. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1899INT)
2. **04/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1898AMD)
3. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1897AMD)
4. **06/30/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1896AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1895AMD)
6. **09/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1893CHP)
7. **SB18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18)
8. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB18&version=20130SB1894ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB18 Leno Concurrence — **24–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 18 Leno Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **55–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Hernandez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 790.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 867.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-13** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 6232.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-26** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4868.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Set for hearing August 27.
- **2014-08-27** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 4924.) `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 4948.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 551, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98cc93c3-899e-4950-885b-8c0fa2699a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).