---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles."
description: "(1) The California Community Care Facilities Act provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and group homes, by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of this act is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 484"
citation: "California SB 484 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juveniles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5f69da9-4257-4b0f-8974-13c3d1a153e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484"
source_hash: "7365c69ec099aa05d8c8f2405edd80f2abbe5a191f5170f8929659861da85ebd"
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 484 (20152016) — Juveniles.

(1) The California Community Care Facilities Act provides for the licensure and regulation of community care facilities, including foster family homes and group homes, by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of this act is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48499INT)
2. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48498AMD)
3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48497AMD)
4. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48496AMD)
5. **08/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48495AMD)
6. **09/03/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48494AMD)
7. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48492CHP)
8. **SB484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484)
9. **09/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB484&version=20150SB48493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 484 Beall Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB484 Beall Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-17** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2015-04-14** April 14 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-15** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 726.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 861.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1155.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2957.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2666.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 540, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5f69da9-4257-4b0f-8974-13c3d1a153e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).