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type: "Bill"
title: "In-home supportive services: additional higher energy allowance."
description: "Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 596"
citation: "California SB 596 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["In-home supportive services: additional higher energy allowance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stern"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5d1e035-371a-4440-850e-6bb185112d9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596"
source_hash: "8eb1a41ef8d127872293920d5260becc34a39f2df2f64c226097e470b1111f1b"
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 596 (20192020) — In-home supportive services: additional higher energy allowance.
Existing law establishes the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, administered by the State Department of Social Services and counties, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons are provided with services in order to permit them to remain in their own homes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59699INT)
2. **01/06/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59698AMD)
3. **01/15/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59697AMD)
4. **01/23/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59696AMD)
5. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59695AMD)
6. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59694AMD)
7. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59692CHP)
8. **SB596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596)
9. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB596&version=20190SB59693ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB596 Stern Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- SB 596 Stern Senate Third Reading By Arambula — **730** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stern — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Set for hearing January 13.
- **2020-01-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3079.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2020-01-21** January 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-01-21** Set for hearing January 23.
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3141.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3167.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-09** July 20 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** August 11 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5221.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4439.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 304, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5d1e035-371a-4440-850e-6bb185112d9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).