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Bill	Health care coverage: autism and pervasive developmental disorders.	Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law defines developmental disability for these purposes, to include, among other things, autism.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 796	California AB 796 (20152016)	bill	Health care coverage: autism and pervasive developmental disorders.	enacted	Nazarian	10	37	12	2015-02-26	2016-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/7225c4f8-8401-4291-bb79-1c68e4bfcfd1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB796	6a6908a430190ca380016f70080840ed3c9bc49384dc6ff26a1f4bf3f8417285	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 796 (20152016) — Health care coverage: autism and pervasive developmental disorders.

Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law defines developmental disability for these purposes, to include, among other things, autism.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/13/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/08/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/23/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB796 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 796 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 7–4 (fail) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 796 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB796 Nazarian By Pan — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nazarian — primary (person)
• Rendon — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 845.)
• 2015-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
• 2015-05-07 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1320.)
• 2015-05-07 In committee: Reconsideration granted.
• 2016-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-01-07 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3366.)
• 2016-01-07 (pending re-refer to Com. on HEALTH.)
• 2016-01-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-01-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-01-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-01-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3476.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-01-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5342.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6451.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 493, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7225c4f8-8401-4291-bb79-1c68e4bfcfd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).