republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-978.md

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Bill	Care facilities.	Care facilities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 978	California AB 978 (20072008)	bill	Care facilities.	enacted	Benoit	7	25	8	2007-02-22	2008-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/49e2f689-1217-4df9-961a-35e249383a9a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978	b75421febfc72c9da0bd7bbc8745bacc8446937c2237308a4c3365aea1285f2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 978 (20072008) — Care facilities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/18/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/25/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB978 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 978 BENOIT Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 978 BENOIT Third Reading Urgency — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB978 Benoit Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Benoit — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1947.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-14 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 2007-06-27 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-07-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2007-08-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-04 To inactive file on motion of Senator Runner.
• 2008-08-18 From inactive file. To second reading.
• 2008-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 5325.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6910.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/49e2f689-1217-4df9-961a-35e249383a9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).