---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services: hearings."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1355"
citation: "California AB 1355 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public social services: hearings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e12047-3aad-42ce-a914-b43458e6fb61"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355"
source_hash: "7bf00baea48c507c7db75a2aca686b4f65fd07e0920228263f952bce869c4ee4"
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 1355 (20212022) — Public social services: hearings.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. 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. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135599INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135598AMD)
3. **01/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135597AMD)
4. **05/05/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135596AMD)
5. **05/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135595AMD)
6. **08/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135594AMD)
7. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135593AMD)
8. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135591CHP)
9. **AB1355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355)
10. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1355&version=20210AB135592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1355 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1355 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1355 Levine Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3408.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5366.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 944, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66e12047-3aad-42ce-a914-b43458e6fb61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).