---
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: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 232"
citation: "California AB 232 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals: seismic safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-04"
last_action: "2015-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232"
source_hash: "66550a87936431c36cd3de9dc980b69a7e59369b49fcd590f76d1e0f8959edd5"
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 232 (20152016) — 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. **02/04/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23299INT)
2. **07/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23298AMD)
3. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23297AMD)
4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23296AMD)
5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23294CHP)
6. **AB232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232)
7. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232&version=20150AB23295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 232 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB232 Obernolte By Fuller Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 232 OBERNOLTE Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)
- Fuller — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2015-02-17** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1436.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** From Consent Calendar.
- **2015-07-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-07-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2645.)
- **2015-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2646.)
- **2015-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3134.)
- **2015-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3174.)
- **2015-09-11** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3179.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).