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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hospitals: seismic safety."
+description: "Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 232"
+citation: "California AB 232 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hospitals: seismic safety."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2015-02-04"
+last_action: "2015-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232"
+source_hash: "66550a87936431c36cd3de9dc980b69a7e59369b49fcd590f76d1e0f8959edd5"
+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 232 (20152016) — Hospitals: seismic safety.
+
+Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/04/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23299INT)
+2. **07/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23298AMD)
+3. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23297AMD)
+4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23296AMD)
+5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23294CHP)
+6. **AB232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232)
+7. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23295ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 232 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- W/O REF. TO FILE AB232 Obernolte By Fuller Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 232 OBERNOLTE Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Obernolte — primary (person)
+- Fuller — principal coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
+- **2015-02-17** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1436.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-09** From Consent Calendar.
+- **2015-07-09** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2015-07-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
+- **2015-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2645.)
+- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2646.)
+- **2015-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-09-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-09-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2015-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3134.)
+- **2015-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
+- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3174.)
+- **2015-09-11** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3179.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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