Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure.
Existing law contains provisions relating to supervision of continuing care contracts, including requirements governing continuing care communities and contracts. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activity relating to continuing care contracts, and requires that continuing care retirement communities maintain an environment that enhances residents' independence and self-determination and in that regard imposes various requirements on a care provider. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of those contracts and requirements, and imposes specified civil and criminal penalties for violations of those provisions.
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California Legislature
20092010
AB 407
California AB 407 (20092010)
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Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure.
California AB 407 (20092010) — Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure.
Existing law contains provisions relating to supervision of continuing care contracts, including requirements governing continuing care communities and contracts. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activity relating to continuing care contracts, and requires that continuing care retirement communities maintain an environment that enhances residents' independence and self-determination and in that regard imposes various requirements on a care provider. Existing law defines various terms for purposes of those contracts and requirements, and imposes specified civil and criminal penalties for violations of those provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 407 BEALL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
AB 407 Beall Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
Eng — author (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Price — coauthor (person)
Torlakson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2009-03-09 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2009-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2009-04-20 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-11 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1356.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-05-21 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2009-06-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-22 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-07-09 To third reading.
2009-09-01 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-03 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2316.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2009-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3286.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 442, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2711f5e6-4bd0-4e29-b633-e9e3067ef87c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).