---
type: "Bill"
title: "Skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities: training."
description: "Skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities: training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2791"
citation: "California AB 2791 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities: training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dffee71d-17cc-4c0e-9a30-c227a9136253"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791"
source_hash: "8885dff6a3caa3ad80a6b5dd6305be19686622dc9e2a731deb151d09ebc2f700"
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 2791 (20032004) — Skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities: training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791&version=20030AB279199INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791&version=20030AB279198AMD)
3. **05/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791&version=20030AB279197AMD)
4. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791&version=20030AB279195CHP)
5. **AB2791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791)
6. **08/10/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2791&version=20030AB279196ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2791 simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 2791 simitian consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4861.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6029.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/dffee71d-17cc-4c0e-9a30-c227a9136253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).