---
type: "Bill"
title: "Skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and residential care facilities for the elderly: notice to prospective residents."
description: "(1) The Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate long-term health care facilities and to establish an inspection and reporting system to ensure that long-term health care facilities are in compliance with state statutes and regulations. Existing law defines a \"long-term health care facility\" to include, among other facility types, a skilled nursing facility and an intermediate care facility. Existing law also regulates residential care facilities for the elderly, which are licensed by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of the provisions relating to the operation or maintenance of a long-term health care facility, or a residential care facility for the elderly, is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 895"
citation: "California AB 895 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Skilled nursing facilities", "intermediate care facilities", "and residential care facilities for the elderly: notice to prospective residents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24066bd0-9c15-4fad-a200-6e5dddbb4c99"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895"
source_hash: "ad50177187777fb80a01f6dc0da06f892eabb587a42d779c00643666124fd29d"
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 895 (20212022) — Skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, and residential care facilities for the elderly: notice to prospective residents.

(1) The Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate long-term health care facilities and to establish an inspection and reporting system to ensure that long-term health care facilities are in compliance with state statutes and regulations. Existing law defines a "long-term health care facility" to include, among other facility types, a skilled nursing facility and an intermediate care facility. Existing law also regulates residential care facilities for the elderly, which are licensed by the State Department of Social Services. A violation of the provisions relating to the operation or maintenance of a long-term health care facility, or a residential care facility for the elderly, is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89599INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89597AMD)
3. **01/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89596AMD)
4. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89598AMD)
5. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89595AMD)
6. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89594AMD)
7. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89593AMD)
8. **06/29/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89592AMD)
9. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89590CHP)
10. **AB895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895)
11. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB895&version=20210AB89591ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB895 Holden By Pan — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 895 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 895 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 3410.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5048.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24066bd0-9c15-4fad-a200-6e5dddbb4c99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).