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Bill	General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, administered by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 491	California AB 491 (20112012)	bill	General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization.	enacted	Ma	11	49	7	2011-02-15	2012-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1f12ac16-30df-4dd4-8086-24a1c12c4c80	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB491	37a67ad6f346549486097c0117ca4f9e8a68f7f6243590b4ba4d58cd29142f6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 491 (20112012) — General acute care hospitals: cardiac catheterization.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, administered by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/10/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB491 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 491 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–2 (pass) · lower
• amendments be concurred in. — 10–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 491 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 29–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ma — primary (person)
• Garrick — coauthor (person)
• Miller — coauthor (person)
• Wyland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-10 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-19 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2011-05-19 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1636.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-08 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-08-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-08-09 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-08-09 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-13 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator La Malfa.
• 2012-08-23 From inactive file.
• 2012-08-23 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2012-08-28 Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Page 4911.)
• 2012-08-28 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4911.)
• 2012-08-28 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2012-08-29 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 4945.)
• 2012-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 5071.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2012-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2012-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6787.)
• 2012-08-31 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 2. Page 6790.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 772, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f12ac16-30df-4dd4-8086-24a1c12c4c80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).