--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses." description: "The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. The act also provides for the renewal of a license. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 664" citation: "California SB 664 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 6 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2021-02-19" last_action: "2021-10-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4435ca-187f-4c54-b622-c8e7aa0aad42" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664" source_hash: "41d923f4ec1d2d87cd0dcc86447323ea9e16279ee8a3ed02d29f4c0fa51a2f85" 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 664 (20212022) — Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses. The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. The act also provides for the renewal of a license. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66499INT) 2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66498AMD) 3. **07/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66497AMD) 4. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66495CHP) 5. **SB664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664) 6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66496ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB664 Allen Concurrence — **31–3** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper - SB 664 Allen Senate Third Reading By Nazarian — **66–7** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2021-04-07** Set for hearing April 21. - **2021-04-20** April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 956.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10. - **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1199.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1379.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 2933.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2587.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, 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/ad4435ca-187f-4c54-b622-c8e7aa0aad42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).