---
type: "Bill"
title: "General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, administered by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 491"
citation: "California AB 491 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f12ac16-30df-4dd4-8086-24a1c12c4c80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491"
source_hash: "37a67ad6f346549486097c0117ca4f9e8a68f7f6243590b4ba4d58cd29142f6d"
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 491 (20112012) — General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, administered by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49199INT)
2. **04/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49198AMD)
3. **04/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49197AMD)
4. **05/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49196AMD)
5. **07/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49195AMD)
6. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49194AMD)
7. **08/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49193AMD)
8. **08/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49192AMD)
9. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49190CHP)
10. **AB491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491)
11. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491&version=20110AB49191ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 491 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–2** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 491 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Miller — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-05-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1636.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator La Malfa.
- **2012-08-23** From inactive file.
- **2012-08-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-28** Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Page 4911.)
- **2012-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4911.)
- **2012-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-29** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 4945.)
- **2012-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 5071.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6787.)
- **2012-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 6790.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 772, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f12ac16-30df-4dd4-8086-24a1c12c4c80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).