---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services: referrals."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law restricts a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1228"
citation: "California SB 1228 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services: referrals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1adc07-0b44-443d-8e56-7e6fbfc54e81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228"
source_hash: "90673c762f7a2d27fe184a1766041c986d6add047162c3265200fb1dab01ce1e"
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 1228 (20172018) — Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment services: referrals.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law restricts a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122899INT)
2. **03/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122898AMD)
3. **04/26/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122897AMD)
4. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122896AMD)
5. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122895AMD)
6. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122894AMD)
7. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122893AMD)
8. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122891CHP)
9. **SB1228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228)
10. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1228&version=20170SB122892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1228 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1228 Lara Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1228 Lara Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4746.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4819.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4306.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4455.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6971.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6114.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 792, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c1adc07-0b44-443d-8e56-7e6fbfc54e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).