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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care facilities."
description: "Care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 978"
citation: "California AB 978 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Care facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e2f689-1217-4df9-961a-35e249383a9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978"
source_hash: "b75421febfc72c9da0bd7bbc8745bacc8446937c2237308a4c3365aea1285f2f"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97899INT)
2. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97898AMD)
3. **08/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97896AMD)
4. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97897AMD)
5. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97894CHP)
6. **AB978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978)
7. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB978&version=20070AB97895ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e2f689-1217-4df9-961a-35e249383a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).