---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: terminally ill persons."
description: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: terminally ill persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1961"
citation: "California AB 1961 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential care facilities for the elderly: terminally ill persons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canciamilla"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85880fd0-02ee-4965-a6b0-d3bfc358a746"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1961"
source_hash: "3b962c1ced97bdda43e97ad53749e725494db34b980d642df0f4df336df98df7"
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 1961 (20012002) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: terminally ill persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1961&version=20010AB196199INT)
2. **07/05/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1961&version=20010AB196197CHP)
3. **AB1961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1961)
4. **06/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1961&version=20010AB196198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1961 Canciamilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1961 Canciamilla Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Canciamilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5868.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** 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/85880fd0-02ee-4965-a6b0-d3bfc358a746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).