--- type: "Bill" title: "Health facilities: security plans." description: "Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates hospitals, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires hospitals to conduct a security and safety assessment and, using the assessment, develop a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. Existing law requires the plan to include specified security considerations." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 1083" citation: "California AB 1083 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health facilities: security plans."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2009-02-27" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056d714c-85c2-4633-a11e-ddbbfcf91abe" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083" source_hash: "782f837f68c5222ffcdf20272205fc2c3e56e020bbdc7c17843aeb987726840b" 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 1083 (20092010) — Health facilities: security plans. Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates hospitals, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires hospitals to conduct a security and safety assessment and, using the assessment, develop a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. Existing law requires the plan to include specified security considerations. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108399INT) 2. **05/06/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108398AMD) 3. **05/26/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108397AMD) 4. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108396AMD) 5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108394CHP) 6. **AB1083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083) 7. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108395ENR) ## Votes - AB 1083 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower - Special Consent #14 AB1083 John A. Perez — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 1083 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - John A. Perez — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30. - **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2009-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-05-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1764.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2009-06-17** 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-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2009-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. - **2009-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1843.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2968.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/056d714c-85c2-4633-a11e-ddbbfcf91abe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).