republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental services."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes within the California Health and Human Services Agency a State Department of Developmental Services (department) and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration and oversight of community programs providing services to consumers with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (act) , requires the department to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 162"
citation: "California AB 162 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Developmental services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7438aeac-66ec-4163-a4af-3efd91abe98e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162"
source_hash: "b2470dcc1e6fd0edf689008420ff821d9cb35b11865173285427872c1b266ca3"
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 162 (20232024) — Developmental services.

(1) Existing law establishes within the California Health and Human Services Agency a State Department of Developmental Services (department) and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, the administration and oversight of community programs providing services to consumers with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act (act) , requires the department to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162&version=20230AB16299INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162&version=20230AB16298AMD)
3. **06/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162&version=20230AB16297AMD)
4. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162&version=20230AB16295CHP)
5. **AB162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162)
6. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB162&version=20230AB16296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 162 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 162 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB162 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 859.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4769.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-06-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 1.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 47, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7438aeac-66ec-4163-a4af-3efd91abe98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).