---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospitals: seismic safety."
description: "Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2557"
citation: "California AB 2557 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals: seismic safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf816e3a-b5a6-4d8e-9377-ef3bce98f4bf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557"
source_hash: "f5eeb5a27c621d9ff9b298ff1ad43621713feaab588a22e1435afa21d785c21d"
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 2557 (20132014) — Hospitals: seismic safety.

Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557&version=20130AB255799INT)
2. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557&version=20130AB255798AMD)
3. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557&version=20130AB255797AMD)
4. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557&version=20130AB255795CHP)
5. **AB2557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557)
6. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2557&version=20130AB255796ENR)

## Votes

- amendments be concurred in. — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Supp 1 AB2557 Pan By Hill Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2557 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2557 PAN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **74–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Campos — principal coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Williams — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5112.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
- **2014-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Page 4952.)
- **2014-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4952.)
- **2014-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** From committee: Be placed on third reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4983.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6732.)
- **2014-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 6745.)
- **2014-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 6753.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf816e3a-b5a6-4d8e-9377-ef3bce98f4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).