California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 959 — Developmental services: regional centers.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is authorized to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires a regional center to include specified information on its Internet Web site for the purpose of promoting transparency and access to public information, including, among other things, reports on all prior fiscal year expenditures from the regional center operations budget for all administrative services. This bill would require the State Department of Developmental Services to establish and maintain a page on its Internet Web site that includes a list of services purchased or provided to consumers by regional centers and descriptions of those services. The bill would require a regional center to also include on its Internet Web site a link to that page on the department's Internet Web site. Existing law states the right of individuals with developmental disabilities to make choices in their own lives, and requires public or private agencies that receive state funds to serve persons with developmental disabilities to respect the choices made by consumers and provide consumers with understandable information to aid in their choices. Existing law also grants these rights to consumers' parents, legal guardians, or conservators. This bill would extend the right to make choices and have those choices respected to consumers' authorized representatives. The bill would require regional centers to provide information to a consumer or his or her parents, legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3425.).

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2910.).

  8. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  14. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11).

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  19. Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

  20. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  21. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1489.)

  22. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  23. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3).

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 4).

  27. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  28. Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

  29. From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.

  30. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Holden · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Holden

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 959 Holden Special Consent Calendar 1st Day

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 79000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Chau — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Special Consent Calendar # AB959

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 959 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 56001
Democratic 16000
Republican 5002
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10001
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 959 do?
Under existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, the State Department of Developmental Services is authorized to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Existing law requires a regional center to include specified information on its Internet Web site for the purpose of promoting transparency and access to public information, including, among other things, reports on all prior fiscal year expenditures from the regional center operations budget for all administrative services. This bill would require the State Department of Developmental Services to establish and maintain a page on its Internet Web site that includes a list of services purchased or provided to consumers by regional centers and descriptions of those services. The bill would require a regional center to also include on its Internet Web site a link to that page on the department's Internet Web site. Existing law states the right of individuals with developmental disabilities to make choices in their own lives, and requires public or private agencies that receive state funds to serve persons with developmental disabilities to respect the choices made by consumers and provide consumers with understandable information to aid in their choices. Existing law also grants these rights to consumers' parents, legal guardians, or conservators. This bill would extend the right to make choices and have those choices respected to consumers' authorized representatives. The bill would require regional centers to provide information to a consumer or his or her parents, legal guardian, conservator, or authorized representative in a manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 959?
AB 959 is sponsored by Holden.
What is the current status of AB 959?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2017. Enacted.
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