---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential facilities."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of residential facilities under the California Community Care Facilities Act and residential care facilities for persons with chronic life-threatening illness by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions constitutes a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2629"
citation: "California AB 2629 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c167a67-853a-48c4-a1a5-a9c6dc708f5f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629"
source_hash: "748e6a68ef11c0b724d2f48a74907513e3a08e35f7e1c5761e7df1cb43937773"
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 2629 (20092010) — Residential facilities.

Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of residential facilities under the California Community Care Facilities Act and residential care facilities for persons with chronic life-threatening illness by the State Department of Social Services. Violation of these provisions constitutes a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629&version=20090AB262999INT)
2. **04/26/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629&version=20090AB262998AMD)
3. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629&version=20090AB262997AMD)
4. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629&version=20090AB262995CHP)
5. **AB2629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629)
6. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2629&version=20090AB262996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2629 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2629 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2629 Bonnie Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5236.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4373.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6095.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c167a67-853a-48c4-a1a5-a9c6dc708f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).