---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency plans."
description: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 749"
citation: "California AB 749 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 42
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c8041fe-71db-4c5b-b6ee-37215a0c8e34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749"
source_hash: "06a7aa090b6a7da5c09a94849881cc65413af1bbad770965f51eccafe928b0be"
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 749 (20072008) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: emergency plans.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74999INT)
2. **03/28/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74998AMD)
3. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74996AMD)
4. **06/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74997AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74995AMD)
6. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74994AMD)
7. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74992CHP)
8. **AB749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749)
9. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB749&version=20070AB74993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB749 Wolk By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 749 BERG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 AB749 Berg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 749 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Berg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care and Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1436.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-18** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-03** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2007-07-03** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-06-12** Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading. `reading-1, passage, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4351.)
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4886.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-11** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-12** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2008-08-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-15** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 6548.)
- **2008-08-15** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6615.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 477, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c8041fe-71db-4c5b-b6ee-37215a0c8e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).