republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research."
description: "Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to clarify procedures and terms of the act by majority vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1215"
citation: "California AB 1215 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffd618fa-4d99-4fd0-ad4a-b5c336cf26ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215"
source_hash: "3214f20d428e39401e805d7e4d63f51e62e6b1f042eb6eb8a362dd12443a94be"
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 1215 (20172018) — Mental Health Services Act: innovative programs: research.

Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative measure enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the continuously appropriated Mental Health Services Fund to fund various county mental health programs. Existing law establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various parts of the act, as specified. Existing law authorizes the act to be amended by a 23 vote of the Legislature if the amendments are consistent with, and further the intent of, the act. Existing law authorizes the Legislature to add provisions to 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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121599INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121598AMD)
3. **06/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121596AMD)
4. **07/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121597AMD)
5. **08/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121594CHP)
6. **AB1215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215)
7. **08/14/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1215&version=20170AB121595ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB1215 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1616.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5112.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6237.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffd618fa-4d99-4fd0-ad4a-b5c336cf26ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).