---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of State Hospitals."
description: "Existing law provides for state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of mentally disordered persons, which are under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1488"
citation: "California AB 1488 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Department of State Hospitals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-01-10"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2686f6f7-6481-41b5-a318-e1bccd581ad4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488"
source_hash: "d01e52c10ae6d9c118d6182f9c092f4a312096532bfda939a97f1b65fcd7ed87"
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 1488 (20112012) — State Department of State Hospitals.

Existing law provides for state hospitals for the care, treatment, and education of mentally disordered persons, which are under the jurisdiction of the State Department of State Hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488&version=20110AB148899INT)
2. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488&version=20110AB148898AMD)
3. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488&version=20110AB148896CHP)
4. **AB1488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488)
5. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1488&version=20110AB148897ENR)

## Votes

- From Committee: That the measure be returned to the Senate floor for consideration. — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 1488 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1488 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 1488 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BLUMENFIELD — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 4011.)
- **2012-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 23. Page 4094.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-24** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 4903.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 6548.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2686f6f7-6481-41b5-a318-e1bccd581ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).