republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: conditions of eligibility or coverage."
description: "Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing federal guidance authorizes the states to require, through Medicaid demonstration projects, certain adult Medicaid beneficiaries to participate in work or community engagement activities as a condition of continued Medicaid eligibility or coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1108"
citation: "California SB 1108 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal: conditions of eligibility or coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/694e6bf6-edb4-4fc1-be7e-0983e4421b04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108"
source_hash: "7f75b9466ce2de732fc03f6d3c3cc56441d10dbfbc4fced85ce68482fd8aa024"
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 1108 (20172018) — Medi-Cal: conditions of eligibility or coverage.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing federal guidance authorizes the states to require, through Medicaid demonstration projects, certain adult Medicaid beneficiaries to participate in work or community engagement activities as a condition of continued Medicaid eligibility or coverage.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110899INT)
2. **04/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110898AMD)
3. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110897AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110896AMD)
5. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110894CHP)
6. **SB1108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1108&version=20170SB110895ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1108 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1108 Hernandez et al. — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- SB 1108 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **57–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2018-04-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 4556.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 4230.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 6582.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5861.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 692, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/694e6bf6-edb4-4fc1-be7e-0983e4421b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).