republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-688.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Services Act: revenue and expenditure reports."
description: "Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (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 and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 688"
citation: "California SB 688 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health Services Act: revenue and expenditure reports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moorlach"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84af67a3-ab54-4aec-bc02-dc953940523f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688"
source_hash: "b34e3c7a700b6dd7b8f5ef59c2406a0f6ec49f6d814c78488344f0267521e52e"
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 688 (20172018) — Mental Health Services Act: revenue and expenditure reports.

Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (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 and establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee those programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the commission and the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, to develop and administer instructions for the Annual Mental Health Services Act Revenue and Expenditure Report, which gathers specified information on mental health spending as a result of the MHSA, including the expenditures of funds distributed to each county. Existing law requires counties to electronically submit the report to the department and the commission. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the MHSA by majority vote.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68899INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68898AMD)
3. **01/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68897AMD)
4. **06/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68896AMD)
5. **08/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68895AMD)
6. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68893CHP)
7. **SB688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688)
8. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB688&version=20170SB68894ENR)

## Sponsors

- Moorlach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2017-04-17** April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-12-21** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2018-01-03** 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`
- **2018-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 4020.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2018-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4115.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-09** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6301.) 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 36. Noes 0. Page 5420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 403, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84af67a3-ab54-4aec-bc02-dc953940523f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).