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Bill	Medi-Cal: providers: remedies.	(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 839	California AB 839 (20092010)	bill	Medi-Cal: providers: remedies.	enacted	Emmerson	6	27	8	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/470f4541-ab2d-40c0-951c-249e0bad8222	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB839	7834b193cc3079218091efc372f26ab2f3374d8689ff8d4fab3c5980a5825b44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 839 (20092010) — Medi-Cal: providers: remedies.

(1) Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/18/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB839 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB839 Emmerson By Harman — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 839 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 839 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emmerson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-03-26 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
• 2009-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2009-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1632.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-04 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-06-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-07-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2051.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
• 2009-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2985.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-11 Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/470f4541-ab2d-40c0-951c-249e0bad8222. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).