--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospitals: antimicrobial stewardship." description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and inspection of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to develop a process for evaluating the judicious use of antibiotics, the result of which is required to be monitored by appropriate representatives and committees involved in quality improvement activities. Under existing law, a violation of the provisions governing health facilities constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, by imprisonment in a county jail, or by both that fine and imprisonment." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1311" citation: "California SB 1311 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospitals: antimicrobial stewardship."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hill"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2014-02-21" last_action: "2014-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e3294c-b344-432d-bb37-365355c65f08" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311" source_hash: "8d739e31b3f2c941221da784d42c4d0f0af09a9816ab22420ca38a26ca5572da" 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 1311 (20132014) — Hospitals: antimicrobial stewardship. Existing law provides for the licensure and inspection of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to develop a process for evaluating the judicious use of antibiotics, the result of which is required to be monitored by appropriate representatives and committees involved in quality improvement activities. Under existing law, a violation of the provisions governing health facilities constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, by imprisonment in a county jail, or by both that fine and imprisonment. ## 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=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131199INT) 2. **04/10/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131198AMD) 3. **06/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131197AMD) 4. **06/26/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131196AMD) 5. **08/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131195AMD) 6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131193CHP) 7. **SB1311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311) 8. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1311&version=20130SB131194ENR) ## Votes - Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1311 Hill Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1311 Hill Senate Third Reading By PAN — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **8–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hill — primary (person) - Mullin — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2014-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2014-03-28** Set for hearing April 23. - **2014-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-04-10** April 23 hearing rescheduled for April 24. - **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3280.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-04-29** Set for hearing May 5. - **2014-05-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2014-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3416.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-05-19** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2014-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-04** From consent calendar. - **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-07** Read third time and amended. (Page 5912.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4474.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 843, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e3294c-b344-432d-bb37-365355c65f08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).