republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: designated public hospitals: seismic safety requirements."
description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits, including hospital services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law authorizes the California Medical Assistance Commission to negotiate selective provider contracts with eligible hospitals to provide inpatient hospital services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 303"
citation: "California AB 303 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: designated public hospitals: seismic safety requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-17"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131e4490-12e5-4f56-bf0a-015068c290b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303"
source_hash: "955c72d229529bb674f79bbcf50fa9563242dea20c4538dcbd747f1e0c198e40"
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 303 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: designated public hospitals: seismic safety requirements.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits, including hospital services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law authorizes the California Medical Assistance Commission to negotiate selective provider contracts with eligible hospitals to provide inpatient hospital services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30399INT)
2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30398AMD)
3. **04/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30397AMD)
4. **04/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30396AMD)
5. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30395AMD)
6. **06/18/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30394AMD)
7. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30393AMD)
8. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30391CHP)
9. **AB303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303)
10. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB303&version=20090AB30392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 303 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB303 Beall By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 303 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-03-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1948.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2104.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3092.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 428, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131e4490-12e5-4f56-bf0a-015068c290b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).