---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health."
description: "Existing law makes various references to the descriptive terms \"persons with a mental health disorder,\" \"minors with a mental health condition,\" and \"children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance\" in various provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2119"
citation: "California AB 2119 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ee4736-dbfd-415f-b5f4-4c0f84dcfefe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119"
source_hash: "b36a0a75362788a1c9073190dc105c7f3806d8acf07d16926cd2b94833412768"
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 2119 (20232024) — Mental health.

Existing law makes various references to the descriptive terms "persons with a mental health disorder," "minors with a mental health condition," and "children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance" in various provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119&version=20230AB211999INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119&version=20230AB211998AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119&version=20230AB211997AMD)
4. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119&version=20230AB211995CHP)
5. **AB2119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119)
6. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2119&version=20230AB211996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2119 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2119 Weber Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2119 Weber By Grove — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** 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`
- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4996.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 948, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ee4736-dbfd-415f-b5f4-4c0f84dcfefe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).