republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-138.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Developmental Services and vests in the department jurisdiction over various state hospitals, referred to as developmental centers, to provide care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires the department to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires a regional center to notify the appropriate regional resource development project when the regional center determines or is informed, as specified, that the community placement of a consumer is at risk of failing and that admittance to an acute crisis home operated by the department is a likelihood or the regional center is notified by a court of a potential admission to an acute crisis home operated by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 138"
citation: "California SB 138 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Human services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf85237e-cd13-4882-a3c9-052b814083dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138"
source_hash: "04a9b0fc693f0e0485558e8fe624398072f4c54a590bc598b6798913befa860c"
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 138 (20232024) — Human services.

(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Developmental Services and vests in the department jurisdiction over various state hospitals, referred to as developmental centers, to provide care to persons with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires the department to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires a regional center to notify the appropriate regional resource development project when the regional center determines or is informed, as specified, that the community placement of a consumer is at risk of failing and that admittance to an acute crisis home operated by the department is a likelihood or the regional center is notified by a court of a potential admission to an acute crisis home operated by the department.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138&version=20230SB13899INT)
2. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138&version=20230SB13898AMD)
3. **09/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138&version=20230SB13896CHP)
4. **SB138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138)
5. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB138&version=20230SB13897ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB138 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB138 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 138 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By TING — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 498.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-06** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2953.)
- **2023-09-06** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-09-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3104.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2570.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2023-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf85237e-cd13-4882-a3c9-052b814083dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).