---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health facilities: seismic safety requirements."
description: "Health facilities: seismic safety requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 656"
citation: "California AB 656 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health facilities: seismic safety requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef9a585-1ec4-4924-a8e5-38042341d850"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656"
source_hash: "9491b1a8accfec131ac4e754467548837b579f19fb2188979f4dee8e0d2a3910"
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 656 (20012002) — Health facilities: seismic safety requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656&version=20010AB65699INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656&version=20010AB65698AMD)
3. **06/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656&version=20010AB65697AMD)
4. **09/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656&version=20010AB65695CHP)
5. **AB656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB656&version=20010AB65696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 656 Chan Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB656 Chan — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 656 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3070.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2173.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-13** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1801.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Received April 27 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(2).
- **2001-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/aef9a585-1ec4-4924-a8e5-38042341d850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).