---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmental services."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 856"
citation: "California SB 856 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Developmental services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-01-09"
last_action: "2014-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9090e4d8-1776-4031-8338-3345f5fd5f55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856"
source_hash: "40230ec307ec781f2357f6f8bbac734c40d562ba685cd9d31e6c2f8d0adf5e06"
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 856 (20132014) — Developmental services.

(1) Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856&version=20130SB85699INT)
2. **06/12/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856&version=20130SB85698AMD)
3. **06/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856&version=20130SB85696CHP)
4. **SB856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856)
5. **06/17/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB856&version=20130SB85697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Supp 2 SB856 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB856 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 856 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By SKINNER — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-01-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 3131.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 5527.)
- **2014-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 5527.)
- **2014-06-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5530.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-06-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3911.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2014-06-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 30, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9090e4d8-1776-4031-8338-3345f5fd5f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).