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Bill	Medi-Cal: pediatric palliative care services.	Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 847	California AB 847 (20232024)	bill	Medi-Cal pediatric palliative care services	enacted	Luz Rivas	9	33	7	2023-02-14	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2e84ffa6-6ec4-44a4-96aa-658989070ed9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847	ff6c62b93022ea5391ff17fcf60febce891afd23e2cf2cd4c8d161c3dad84c3d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 847 (20232024) — Medi-Cal: pediatric palliative care services.

Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB847 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB847 Luz Rivas By Portantino — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB847 Luz Rivas — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 847 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 847 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Luz Rivas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1876.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-24 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2023-08-24 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2023-09-08 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2758.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3558.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 814, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e84ffa6-6ec4-44a4-96aa-658989070ed9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).