republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities."
description: "Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1489"
citation: "California AB 1489 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-01-10"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a22e7f5-8ea7-4e89-923f-2b77a072a2bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489"
source_hash: "ad2c14550fdd4f0b80cfceccb9311a2a48554876c56b3bdaeb854a965ad3ce93"
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 1489 (20112012) — Public health: Medi-Cal: nursing facilities.

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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. **01/10/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489&version=20110AB148999INT)
2. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489&version=20110AB148998AMD)
3. **08/31/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489&version=20110AB148997AMD)
4. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489&version=20110AB148995CHP)
5. **AB1489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489)
6. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1489&version=20110AB148996ENR)

## Votes

- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1489 Committee on BUDGET — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1489 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- AB 1489 BUDGET Concurrence - Urgency Added By BLUMENFIELD — **65–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 4095.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5067.)
- **2012-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-31** (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5077.)
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 5078.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6775.)
- **2012-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 6794.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a22e7f5-8ea7-4e89-923f-2b77a072a2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).