republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1629.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Loan programs for facilities for persons with developmental disabilities."
description: "Under existing law, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority administers various provisions relating to the financing of health facility projects, including construction and renovation projects. Existing law includes within the definition of a health facility, for purposes of the act, a residential facility, which is defined to include a residential facility for persons with developmental disabilities, as provided for under the provisions permitting proposals for housing for these persons to be approved by the department. Existing law specifically exempts from this definition a residential facility for persons with special health care needs, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1629"
citation: "California AB 1629 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Loan programs for facilities for persons with developmental disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-01-11"
last_action: "2010-10-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6d837a6-c025-4cb4-9dff-6a65c6de2032"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629"
source_hash: "c3e2f0fcffacd8973933d8986c7d5eb8d0d2144f5784f6af817a8f28692011bd"
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 1629 (20092010) — Loan programs for facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.

Under existing law, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority administers various provisions relating to the financing of health facility projects, including construction and renovation projects. Existing law includes within the definition of a health facility, for purposes of the act, a residential facility, which is defined to include a residential facility for persons with developmental disabilities, as provided for under the provisions permitting proposals for housing for these persons to be approved by the department. Existing law specifically exempts from this definition a residential facility for persons with special health care needs, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629&version=20090AB162999INT)
2. **04/19/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629&version=20090AB162998AMD)
3. **10/06/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629&version=20090AB162997AMD)
4. **10/19/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629&version=20090AB162995CHP)
5. **AB1629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629)
6. **10/11/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1629&version=20090AB162996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1629 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1629 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By BLUMENFIELD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB1629 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4592.)
- **2010-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 7. Page 4808.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-27** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-05** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2010-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-10-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2010-10-07** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended. (Page 5222.)
- **2010-10-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 5233.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-10-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-10-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7137.)
- **2010-10-07** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 7137.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-10-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2010-10-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-10-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6d837a6-c025-4cb4-9dff-6a65c6de2032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).