---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care facilities: rights of residents."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, imposes various requirements on long-term health care facilities, as defined, and prescribes the civil penalties assessed for a violation of those requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "California SB 219 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term care facilities: rights of residents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd9ed48-ca9b-4129-9105-f2c2baba5d0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219"
source_hash: "c0625d1910ca896cd7242216f99bba28ea01fde2bb29f554581a933e17c92a46"
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 219 (20172018) — Long-term care facilities: rights of residents.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973, imposes various requirements on long-term health care facilities, as defined, and prescribes the civil penalties assessed for a violation of those requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21999INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21998AMD)
3. **04/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21997AMD)
4. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21996AMD)
5. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21995AMD)
6. **06/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21994AMD)
7. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21993AMD)
8. **07/12/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21992AMD)
9. **08/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21991AMD)
10. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21990AMD)
11. **10/04/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21988CHP)
12. **SB219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219)
13. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB219&version=20170SB21989ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB219 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- SB 219 Wiener Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **55–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-20** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2017-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 851.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-05-05** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1179.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1315.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3203.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 483, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccd9ed48-ca9b-4129-9105-f2c2baba5d0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).