republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-847.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal: pediatric palliative care services."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 847"
citation: "California AB 847 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal", "pediatric palliative care services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e84ffa6-6ec4-44a4-96aa-658989070ed9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847"
source_hash: "ff6c62b93022ea5391ff17fcf60febce891afd23e2cf2cd4c8d161c3dad84c3d"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84799INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84798AMD)
3. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84797AMD)
4. **06/26/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84796AMD)
5. **07/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84795AMD)
6. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84794AMD)
7. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84792CHP)
8. **AB847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847)
9. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB847&version=20230AB84793ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e84ffa6-6ec4-44a4-96aa-658989070ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).