---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 614"
citation: "California AB 614 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79350041-0b4e-4975-bb2f-dfea4f82d029"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614"
source_hash: "8d08f3212d99a50df33a162e258279bb362310c36321b9e26941d5f099ac7305"
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 614 (20232024) — Medi-Cal.

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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614&version=20230AB61499INT)
2. **04/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614&version=20230AB61498AMD)
3. **09/30/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614&version=20230AB61496CHP)
4. **AB614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614)
5. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB614&version=20230AB61497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 614 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** 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`
- **2023-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-08-24** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2023-08-24** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2023-09-12** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79350041-0b4e-4975-bb2f-dfea4f82d029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).