---
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: "SB 1"
citation: "California SB 1 (20132014 Special Session 1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: eligibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-28"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45479c17-50f8-4208-9363-5dccb19a9d8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1"
source_hash: "6bbdbca71875dc59166964a4a2b5f9ce4cc55c36e40b0b851f76fa9966ef4c31"
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 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=201320141SB1&version=20131SB199INT)
2. **06/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1&version=20131SB198AMD)
3. **06/14/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1&version=20131SB197AMD)
4. **06/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1&version=20131SB195CHP)
5. **SB1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1)
6. **06/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320141SB1&version=20131SB196ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By PAN — **55–24** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB1 Hernandez Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- SB 1 Hernandez Senate Third Reading Amend By PAN Set #1 — **54–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — 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)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — author (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-28** Introduced. Read first time. Referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, referral-committee, introduction`
- **2013-02-07** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-12** Set for hearing February 27.
- **2013-02-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 20.) (February 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-01** Set for hearing March 4.
- **2013-03-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 23.) (March 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 7. Page 30.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-03-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** 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`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 129.)
- **2013-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-14** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 131.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-14** (Corrected June 17.)
- **2013-06-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 138.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 76.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-15** (Corrected June 19.)
- **2013-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 4, 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/45479c17-50f8-4208-9363-5dccb19a9d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).