--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospitals: licensure." description: "Existing law provides for the licensure of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 630" citation: "California SB 630 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospitals: licensure."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"] version_count: 7 action_count: 33 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2012-06-15" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fe9ab31-3179-488e-a52b-bac4f5dfc052" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630" source_hash: "db934060068b452b77ac269cf53fb26c335712404bb93880e126c5f979b08d06" 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 630 (20112012) — Hospitals: licensure. Existing law provides for the licensure of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63099INT) 2. **01/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63098AMD) 3. **01/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63097AMD) 4. **05/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63096AMD) 5. **06/15/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63094CHP) 6. **SB630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630) 7. **06/08/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB630&version=20110SB63095ENR) ## Votes - SB 630 Alquist Third Reading Urgency By GORDON — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB630 Alquist Urgency Clause Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower - SB 630 Alquist Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Alquist — primary (person) - Gordon — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2011-12-21** Set for hearing January 11. - **2012-01-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-01-04** (Corrected January 6.) - **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2649.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-01-13** Set for hearing January 17. - **2012-01-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2012-01-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-01-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2680.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-01-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2012-04-12** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2012-04-17** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4790.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2012-05-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m. - **2012-05-21** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Senate. - **2012-05-21** Ordered to the Assembly. - **2012-05-21** In Assembly. Held at Desk. - **2012-05-25** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to Senate. `reading-3, passage` - **2012-05-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 5069.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-05-29** Ordered to third reading. - **2012-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5202.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-06-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2012-06-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3791.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-06-07** (Corrected June 7.) - **2012-06-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m. - **2012-06-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-06-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 18, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fe9ab31-3179-488e-a52b-bac4f5dfc052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).