---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: administrator certification program: training."
description: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: administrator certification program: training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1945"
citation: "California AB 1945 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential care facilities for the elderly: administrator certification program: training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-11"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591b2204-948f-4488-b9c6-d5f78cdefd04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945"
source_hash: "5e13f0abfec01605342be732e65629279c0d0869826e374433a0f02162cacf79"
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 1945 (20032004) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: administrator certification program: training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945&version=20030AB194599INT)
2. **06/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945&version=20030AB194598AMD)
3. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945&version=20030AB194596CHP)
4. **AB1945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945)
5. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1945&version=20030AB194597ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1945 nakano consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1945 nakano concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- special consent cale ab1945 nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7065.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4730.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5760.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2004-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/591b2204-948f-4488-b9c6-d5f78cdefd04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).