Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. Existing law authorizes the office to assess an application fee for the review of facilities design and construction, and requires that full and complete plans be submitted to the office for review and approval.
California AB 523 (20092010) — Hospitals: seismic safety.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. Existing law authorizes the office to assess an application fee for the review of facilities design and construction, and requires that full and complete plans be submitted to the office for review and approval.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent #16 AB523 Huffman — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 523 HUFFMAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
AB 523 HUFFMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Huffman — primary (person)
Leno — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-04-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-04 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1364.) 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 Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2009-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-06-24 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
2009-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2009-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-24 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-08-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1977.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2009-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2789.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcf6aa2e-6a2c-4a44-b210-39e62e55e85e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).