---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman."
description: "Existing law, as part of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, under the direction of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, in the California Department of Aging. Existing law provides for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under which funds are allocated to local ombudsman programs to assist elderly persons in long-term health care facilities and residential care facilities by, among other things, investigating and seeking to resolve complaints against these facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "California SB 345 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ffe5449-219e-4f25-b2d1-a481ff43a688"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345"
source_hash: "88411ebc25f98a387b02aa445b4392dd25825e71bb9fa54fdece6c142b9e7bfc"
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 345 (20112012) — Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Existing law, as part of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, under the direction of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, in the California Department of Aging. Existing law provides for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under which funds are allocated to local ombudsman programs to assist elderly persons in long-term health care facilities and residential care facilities by, among other things, investigating and seeking to resolve complaints against these facilities.

## 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=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34599INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34596AMD)
3. **01/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34595AMD)
4. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34598AMD)
5. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34597AMD)
6. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34594AMD)
7. **05/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34593AMD)
8. **05/14/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34592AMD)
9. **06/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34591AMD)
10. **06/28/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34590AMD)
11. **08/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34589AMD)
12. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34587CHP)
13. **SB345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345)
14. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345&version=20110SB34588ENR)

## Votes

- SB 345 Wolk Senate Third Reading By YAMADA — **70–8** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB345 Wolk Concurrence — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-12-15** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2012-01-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 2640.) . `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-14** Set for hearing January 17.
- **2012-01-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 2668.) (January 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2697.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-23** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6051.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 6173.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ffe5449-219e-4f25-b2d1-a481ff43a688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).