---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: eligibility."
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 Special Session 1"
identifier: "AB 1"
citation: "California AB 1 (20132014 Special Session 1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6475fcdf-d776-49e8-af1c-abe5b13e3c69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1"
source_hash: "82b365cf064a60277690336b8e6dce7fe3e02d541f9cd612498e6b420ea1778d"
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 1 (20132014 Special Session 1) — Medi-Cal: eligibility.

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. **01/28/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1&version=20131AB199INT)
2. **06/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1&version=20131AB198AMD)
3. **06/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1&version=20131AB197AMD)
4. **06/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1&version=20131AB195CHP)
5. **AB1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1)
6. **06/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141AB1&version=20131AB196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **54–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- AB 1 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB1 John A. Pérez By Hernandez — **28–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-29** From printer.
- **2013-02-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (February 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-02-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (February 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-02-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 54.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-03-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-06-14** (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 70.)
- **2013-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-15** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 75.)
- **2013-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 75.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 139.)
- **2013-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 139.)
- **2013-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 140.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2013-14 First Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6475fcdf-d776-49e8-af1c-abe5b13e3c69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).