---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax."
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. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "California SB 136 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "managed care organization provider tax"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f46e7907-217e-4009-85c8-b808ddaf863b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136"
source_hash: "776756aaa2bdabbdeeb6f783922b32bff273b57cd9e96717d2580436547137b4"
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 136 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: managed care organization provider tax.

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. Under existing law, one of the methods by which Medi-Cal services are provided is pursuant to contracts with various types of managed care plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136&version=20230SB13699INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136&version=20230SB13698AMD)
3. **03/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136&version=20230SB13696CHP)
4. **SB136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136)
5. **03/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB136&version=20230SB13697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB136 B. & F.R. (Wiener) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB136 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 136 Budget and Fiscal Review Third Reading Urgency By GABRIEL — **58–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 497.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 4315.)
- **2024-03-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-03-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-03-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 4397.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-03-21** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2024-03-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 3384.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 6, 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/f46e7907-217e-4009-85c8-b808ddaf863b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).