republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2265.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Services Act: use of funds for substance use disorder treatment."
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, funds a system of county mental health plans for the provision of mental health services, as specified. The act establishes the Mental Health Services Fund, which is continuously appropriated to, and administered by, the State Department of Health Care Services to fund specified county mental health programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2265"
citation: "California AB 2265 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Mental Health Services Act: use of funds for substance use disorder treatment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-02-14"
last_action: "2020-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd04ae3-9c36-48c2-af99-edfaa909ea79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265"
source_hash: "8994c04a2e4e05a11e4b4856e2593c93dde45fda9c7f65da963209b86d9eb347"
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 AB 2265 (20192020) — Mental Health Services Act: use of funds for substance use disorder treatment.

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, funds a system of county mental health plans for the provision of mental health services, as specified. The act establishes the Mental Health Services Fund, which is continuously appropriated to, and administered by, the State Department of Health Care Services to fund specified county mental health programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226599INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226598AMD)
3. **05/20/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226597AMD)
4. **08/12/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226596AMD)
5. **09/25/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226594CHP)
6. **AB2265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265)
7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2265&version=20190AB226595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2265 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2265 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2265 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4726.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4378.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5326.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd04ae3-9c36-48c2-af99-edfaa909ea79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).