republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1083.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health facilities: security plans."
description: "Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates hospitals, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires hospitals to conduct a security and safety assessment and, using the assessment, develop a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. Existing law requires the plan to include specified security considerations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1083"
citation: "California AB 1083 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health facilities: security plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/056d714c-85c2-4633-a11e-ddbbfcf91abe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083"
source_hash: "782f837f68c5222ffcdf20272205fc2c3e56e020bbdc7c17843aeb987726840b"
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 1083 (20092010) — Health facilities: security plans.

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates hospitals, as defined. Violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires hospitals to conduct a security and safety assessment and, using the assessment, develop a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. Existing law requires the plan to include specified security considerations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108399INT)
2. **05/06/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108398AMD)
3. **05/26/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108397AMD)
4. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108396AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108394CHP)
6. **AB1083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083)
7. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1083&version=20090AB108395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1083 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB1083 John A. Perez — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1083 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1764.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1843.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2968.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/056d714c-85c2-4633-a11e-ddbbfcf91abe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).