--- type: "Bill" title: "Residential facilities: bedridden persons." description: "Under existing law, bedridden persons may be admitted to, and remain in, a community care facility, residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness, or a residential care facility for the elderly if the facility secures and maintains an appropriate fire clearance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 762" citation: "California AB 762 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Residential facilities: bedridden persons."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2009-02-26" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4913878-cef6-4ca0-8e1c-c33b5c797dc2" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762" source_hash: "8e80181156d85ec60e546db9ac0000fe1ad45996e2ab07e2e63b5b1fdba66ef3" 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 762 (20092010) — Residential facilities: bedridden persons. Under existing law, bedridden persons may be admitted to, and remain in, a community care facility, residential care facility for persons with chronic life-threatening illness, or a residential care facility for the elderly if the facility secures and maintains an appropriate fire clearance. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76299INT) 2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76298AMD) 3. **05/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76297AMD) 4. **08/27/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76296AMD) 5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76294CHP) 6. **AB762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762) 7. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB762&version=20090AB76295ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 762 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 762 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - Assembly 3rd Reading AB762 Bonnie Lowenthal By Wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29. - **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-05-11** From Consent Calendar. To third reading. - **2009-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1724.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1816.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee` - **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2009-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-07-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. - **2009-07-13** Ordered to third reading. - **2009-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2058.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.) - **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2984.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4913878-cef6-4ca0-8e1c-c33b5c797dc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).