republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-585.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health: Mental Health Services Fund."
description: "Existing law contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services for the mentally disordered in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, funds a system of county mental health plans for the provision of mental health services, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 585"
citation: "California SB 585 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Mental health: Mental Health Services Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06de5e5e-95d9-42d5-bd38-3ee041786e4b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585"
source_hash: "e1122511f341e057f0a3fd2dc9739fb0e2b0925c208f510ef780bcc30cb34f99"
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 585 (20132014) — Mental health: Mental Health Services Fund.

Existing law contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services for the mentally disordered in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, funds a system of county mental health plans for the provision of mental health services, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585&version=20130SB58599INT)
2. **04/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585&version=20130SB58598AMD)
3. **05/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585&version=20130SB58597AMD)
4. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585&version=20130SB58595CHP)
5. **SB585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585)
6. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB585&version=20130SB58596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #5 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 585 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **73–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Correa — author (person)
- Mansoor — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 697.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 973.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 3.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 2713.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 288, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06de5e5e-95d9-42d5-bd38-3ee041786e4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).