--- type: "Bill" title: "Congregate living health facilities." description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including congregate living health facilities. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a congregate living health facility not operated by a city and county servicing persons who are terminally ill or persons who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, or both, that is located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more persons is prohibited from having more than 25 beds for the purpose of serving persons who are terminally ill." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 177" citation: "California SB 177 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Congregate living health facilities."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"] version_count: 6 action_count: 28 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-02-07" last_action: "2011-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73501e54-9959-461c-b135-1ed9d60c82b5" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177" source_hash: "ee03c9628130d2007fdbbf0f6104ce8e55dff3d5ed53f3805f1f73b44cd0515a" 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 SB 177 (20112012) — Congregate living health facilities. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including congregate living health facilities. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Under existing law, a congregate living health facility not operated by a city and county servicing persons who are terminally ill or persons who have been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, or both, that is located in a county with a population of 500,000 or more persons is prohibited from having more than 25 beds for the purpose of serving persons who are terminally ill. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/07/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177&version=20110SB17799INT) 2. **05/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177&version=20110SB17798AMD) 3. **08/18/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177&version=20110SB17797AMD) 4. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177&version=20110SB17795CHP) 5. **SB177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177) 6. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB177&version=20110SB17796ENR) ## Votes - SB 177 Strickland Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB177 Strickland Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Strickland — primary (person) - Williams — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10. - **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-23** Set for hearing April 13. - **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 675.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 2. - **2011-05-02** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2011-05-03** Set for hearing May 9. - **2011-05-05** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23. - **2011-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1085.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1191.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-07-11** From consent calendar. - **2011-07-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Page 2447.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2505.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2144.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 331, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73501e54-9959-461c-b135-1ed9d60c82b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).