Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (the MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs by imposing a tax of 1% on incomes above $1,000,000. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, among other things, to implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. The MHSA establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified.
California SB 192 (20172018) — Mental Health Services Fund.
Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (the MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs by imposing a tax of 1% on incomes above $1,000,000. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, among other things, to implement specified mental health services through contracts with county mental health programs or counties acting jointly. The MHSA establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB192 Beall Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
SB 192 Beall Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2017-02-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-28 Set for hearing April 5.
2017-03-28 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
2017-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 1265.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-07-11 July 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-06-12 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
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6309.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5419.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 328, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59c27e21-419f-4597-8037-923a9499589c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).