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Bill	Diesel generators: health facilities.	(1) Existing law requires a health facility, as defined, to test its diesel-powered backup generators 12 times a year with testing intervals of not less than 20 days and not more than 40 days, and in accordance with specified test procedures. Violation of these requirements constitutes a crime. These requirements will be repealed on January 1, 2011.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1863	California AB 1863 (20092010)	bill	Diesel generators: health facilities.	enacted	Gaines	4	18	6	2010-02-12	2010-08-23	openstates	ocd-bill/0bb99141-42dc-4fc7-93f7-00ce4f0f21a8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1863	de0f77242fa911cc54c59bb38dbc1b8ad6a2e4c0634816f0bc06c76548a54404	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1863 (20092010) — Diesel generators: health facilities.

(1) Existing law requires a health facility, as defined, to test its diesel-powered backup generators 12 times a year with testing intervals of not less than 20 days and not more than 40 days, and in accordance with specified test procedures. Violation of these requirements constitutes a crime. These requirements will be repealed on January 1, 2011.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/23/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1863 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1863 Gaines — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1863 GAINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2010-02-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2010-03-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4822.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-05-06 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and EQ. referral-committee
• 2010-06-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on EQ. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-06-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-05 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4374.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-05 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2010-08-09 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:50 p.m.
• 2010-08-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-08-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bb99141-42dc-4fc7-93f7-00ce4f0f21a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).