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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mental health."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various mental health programs funded by the act. The MHSA may be amended by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature if 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 79"
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citation: "California SB 79 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Mental health."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-10"
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last_action: "2019-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701687e1-720a-4189-a199-9d3d555b38a4"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79"
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source_hash: "303e86c98b086822123177824a3112bd63ec7227bb388f9626c34e5209fdb4f7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 79 (20192020) — Mental health.
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(1) Existing law, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 63 at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election, establishes the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to oversee various mental health programs funded by the act. The MHSA may be amended by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature if 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79&version=20190SB7999INT)
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2. **06/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79&version=20190SB7998AMD)
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3. **06/17/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79&version=20190SB7997AMD)
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4. **06/27/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79&version=20190SB7995CHP)
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5. **SB79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79)
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6. **06/26/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB79&version=20190SB7996ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB79 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB79 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 79 B. & F. R. Third Reading Urgency By TING — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
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- **2019-04-08** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 664.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-24** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2019-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2019-06-24** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 8. Page 2390.)
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- **2019-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2397.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-06-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-06-24** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2019-06-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1725.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2019-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 26, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/701687e1-720a-4189-a199-9d3d555b38a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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