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Bill	Mental health services: representation.	Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 in the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The act may be amended by the Legislature only by a 23 vote of both houses and only so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. The Legislature may clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 289	California AB 289 (20232024)	bill	Mental health services representation	enacted	Holden	6	22	7	2023-01-25	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/dd487ed6-8691-42cf-8e46-b349e312500a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB289	93fe5f27e733104ddd7b11a4ec1daf3257534327bc3cabc2ca575f34396dbfed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 289 (20232024) — Mental health services: representation.

Existing law, the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, contains provisions governing the operation and financing of community mental health services in every county through locally administered and locally controlled community mental health programs. Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act, an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 in the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. The act may be amended by the Legislature only by a 23 vote of both houses and only so long as the amendment is consistent with and furthers the intent of the act. The Legislature may clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB289 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB289 Holden By Wiener — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 289 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1008.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-03-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2552.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 518, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd487ed6-8691-42cf-8e46-b349e312500a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).