---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons: skilled nursing facilities: antipsychotic medication."
description: "Physicians and surgeons: skilled nursing facilities: antipsychotic medication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 894"
citation: "California AB 894 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: skilled nursing facilities: antipsychotic medication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7c4997c-8606-4bfb-a93c-8f1ff3b1e12b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894"
source_hash: "52c48322080937fcbe2e8ec946c2a3eb1655f565f49f0b770d6c3c4d90f4eab9"
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 894 (19992000) — Physicians and surgeons: skilled nursing facilities: antipsychotic medication.

## 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=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89499INT)
2. **01/19/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89497AMD)
3. **02/09/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89496AMD)
4. **03/09/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89495AMD)
5. **04/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89494AMD)
6. **04/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89493AMD)
7. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89498AMD)
8. **06/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89491CHP)
9. **AB894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894)
10. **06/19/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB894&version=19990AB89492ENR)

## Votes

- AB 894 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB894 Alquist By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 894 ALQUIST CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-06-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2000-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7222.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5076.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-06** 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`
- **2000-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-03-09** 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`
- **2000-02-09** 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`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 4912.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** 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/f7c4997c-8606-4bfb-a93c-8f1ff3b1e12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).