---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health services: peer support specialist certification."
description: "Existing law establishes 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, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for various services, including behavioral and mental health services that are rendered by Medi-Cal enrolled providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "California SB 803 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health services: peer support specialist certification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e067fdc3-bc05-4ae6-b968-4569b0db4869"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803"
source_hash: "d09f4a4a240301c9b77b4be1dfb5b7cf227cd5ea7c5d95d3576edd20eeff7f0d"
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 803 (20192020) — Mental health services: peer support specialist certification.

Existing law establishes 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, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program and provides for various services, including behavioral and mental health services that are rendered by Medi-Cal enrolled providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80399INT)
2. **03/26/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80398AMD)
3. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80397AMD)
4. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80396AMD)
5. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80395AMD)
6. **08/30/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80394AMD)
7. **09/25/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80392CHP)
8. **SB803** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803)
9. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB803&version=20190SB80393ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB803 Beall et al. Concurrence — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 803 Beall Senate Third Reading By Arambula — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB803 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — principal coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 8.
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-11** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2020-05-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3533.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-06-02** Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3817.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** August 11 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Joint Rule 61(b)(17) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 5275.)
- **2020-08-30** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5408.)
- **2020-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5459.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e067fdc3-bc05-4ae6-b968-4569b0db4869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).