Existing law finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop and maintain a statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal services program to, among other program objectives, ensure the appropriate level of maternal, newborn, and pediatric care services necessary to provide the healthiest outcome for mother and infant.
California AB 1893 (20172018) — Maternal mental health: federal funding.
Existing law finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are essential services necessary to assure maternal and infant health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to develop and maintain a statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal services program to, among other program objectives, ensure the appropriate level of maternal, newborn, and pediatric care services necessary to provide the healthiest outcome for mother and infant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB1893 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1893 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Acosta — coauthor (person)
Baker — coauthor (person)
Beall — principal coauthor (person)
Gallagher — coauthor (person)
Harper — coauthor (person)
Kiley — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
2018-02-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-03-06 Coauthors revised.
2018-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-04-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4782.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5038.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7dc731b-0428-4bd6-9de7-30e67e66e2e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).