--- 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: "20172018" identifier: "AB 908" citation: "California AB 908 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospitals: seismic safety."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dababneh"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2017-02-16" last_action: "2017-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01eba68c-dc9c-460f-b0ab-5547f22e0e1c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908" source_hash: "ebfab8f5d9b859bc6aa36d02ecc683589d379e9b34fa489d579d837aa9ddd31a" 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 908 (20172018) — 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. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90899INT) 2. **04/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90898AMD) 3. **06/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90897AMD) 4. **07/11/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90896AMD) 5. **09/07/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90895AMD) 6. **09/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90893CHP) 7. **AB908** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908) 8. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB908&version=20170AB90894ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB908 Dababneh et al. By Stern — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 908 DABABNEH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dababneh — primary (person) - Hertzberg — coauthor (person) - Stern — coauthor (person) - Wilk — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-04-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1392.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2768.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.) - **2017-09-13** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2017-09-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3273.) - **2017-09-13** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 14). `committee-passage` - **2017-09-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3518.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 350, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01eba68c-dc9c-460f-b0ab-5547f22e0e1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).