---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities."
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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 119"
citation: "California AB 119 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-01-09"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a512ba97-cbf8-4fd9-9473-7a1cca71e5f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119"
source_hash: "9d7c5651c7b09ba498b23996f1431af1d3d05a112f7e930521c9aef46dc5b3d4"
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 119 (20152016) — Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities.

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. **01/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119&version=20150AB11999INT)
2. **06/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119&version=20150AB11998AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119&version=20150AB11996CHP)
4. **AB119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119)
5. **06/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB119&version=20150AB11997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 119 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By WEBER — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB119 Committee on Budget By Leno — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 119 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WEBER — **78–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-09** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-01-12** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 643.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1429.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 1994.)
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1994.)
- **2015-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 1996.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a512ba97-cbf8-4fd9-9473-7a1cca71e5f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).