---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities: recovery residences: insurance coverage."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults. Existing law prohibits a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license. Existing law also defines a \"recovery residence\" as a residential dwelling that provides primary housing for individuals who seek a cooperative living arrangement that supports personal recovery from a substance use disorder and that does not require licensure pursuant to those provisions or does not provide licensable services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1158"
citation: "California AB 1158 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities: recovery residences: insurance coverage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e29751e-2120-4729-ae10-4eea4164ea0a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158"
source_hash: "c129813eb83a55d7609f3440db4791fdea9a578611497f93d813fdef6cb8ff62"
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 1158 (20212022) — Alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities: recovery residences: insurance coverage.

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities serving adults. Existing law prohibits a licensee from operating an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license. Existing law also defines a "recovery residence" as a residential dwelling that provides primary housing for individuals who seek a cooperative living arrangement that supports personal recovery from a substance use disorder and that does not require licensure pursuant to those provisions or does not provide licensable services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115899INT)
2. **04/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115898AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115897AMD)
4. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115896AMD)
5. **07/12/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115895AMD)
6. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115894AMD)
7. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115893AMD)
8. **10/01/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115891CHP)
9. **AB1158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158)
10. **09/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1158&version=20210AB115892ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1158 Petrie-Norris By Bates — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1158 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1158 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Insurance] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1786.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on INS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2607.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3155.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e29751e-2120-4729-ae10-4eea4164ea0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).