---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care facilities: consumer information."
description: "Long-term care facilities: consumer information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 893"
citation: "California AB 893 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Long-term care facilities: consumer information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e31741-7126-4989-a239-74fcb42bc13a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893"
source_hash: "a945256d631438d9ee899df21f7a82a91072538b11a9e9aaa28fb967e299e781"
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 893 (19992000) — Long-term care facilities: consumer information.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89399INT)
2. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89398AMD)
3. **06/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89397AMD)
4. **06/29/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89396AMD)
5. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89395AMD)
6. **09/16/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89393CHP)
7. **AB893** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB893&version=19990AB89394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 893 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB893 Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 430, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3506.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2569.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1888.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89e31741-7126-4989-a239-74fcb42bc13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).