---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal benefits: violence prevention services."
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 individuals receive health care services. 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, including various mental health services. Existing federal law authorizes, at the option of the state, preventive services, as defined, that are recommended by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1929"
citation: "California AB 1929 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal benefits: violence prevention services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b59f893d-b2d0-43bd-9487-e7a41f07cc6c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929"
source_hash: "8bd48253e636c6fd25fe56ff852079d34db05ad37c491c1458dd05c1a230a4ff"
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 1929 (20212022) — Medi-Cal benefits: violence prevention services.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and 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. Existing law establishes a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including various mental health services. Existing federal law authorizes, at the option of the state, preventive services, as defined, that are recommended by a physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192999INT)
2. **03/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192998AMD)
3. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192997AMD)
4. **08/01/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192996AMD)
5. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192994CHP)
6. **AB1929** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929)
7. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1929&version=20210AB192995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1929 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1929 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1929 Gabriel et al. By Portantino — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — author (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** 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`
- **2022-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 4984.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4678.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5810.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, 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/b59f893d-b2d0-43bd-9487-e7a41f07cc6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).