republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services and care."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires emergency services and care to be provided to any person requesting the services or care for any condition in which the person is in danger of loss of life, or serious injury or illness, at any licensed health facility. For the purposes of these provisions, emergency services and care is defined to include medical screening, examination, and evaluation by a physician, or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by other appropriate personnel under the supervision of a physician, to determine the care, treatment, and surgery by a physician necessary to relieve or eliminate the emergency medical condition or active labor, within the capability of the facility. Existing law defines consultation as the rendering of an opinion, advice, or prescribing treatment by telephone and, when determined to be medically necessary jointly by the emergency and specialty physicians, includes review of the patient's record, examination, and treatment of the patient in person by a specialty physician who is qualified to give an opinion or render the necessary treatment in order to stabilize the patient. Existing law also defines when stabilization of a patient has occurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "California SB 233 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services and care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29daffd1-b91f-4c31-bb82-5db4c9ac3cae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233"
source_hash: "94ea72542d01d840e3ec261972d35b217e398b0b3e7d0dd5575b874b70fa14f7"
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 SB 233 (20112012) — Emergency services and care.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires emergency services and care to be provided to any person requesting the services or care for any condition in which the person is in danger of loss of life, or serious injury or illness, at any licensed health facility. For the purposes of these provisions, emergency services and care is defined to include medical screening, examination, and evaluation by a physician, or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by other appropriate personnel under the supervision of a physician, to determine the care, treatment, and surgery by a physician necessary to relieve or eliminate the emergency medical condition or active labor, within the capability of the facility. Existing law defines consultation as the rendering of an opinion, advice, or prescribing treatment by telephone and, when determined to be medically necessary jointly by the emergency and specialty physicians, includes review of the patient's record, examination, and treatment of the patient in person by a specialty physician who is qualified to give an opinion or render the necessary treatment in order to stabilize the patient. Existing law also defines when stabilization of a patient has occurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23399INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23398AMD)
3. **05/04/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23397AMD)
4. **05/18/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23396AMD)
5. **06/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23395AMD)
6. **07/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23394AMD)
7. **07/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23393AMD)
8. **08/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23392AMD)
9. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23390CHP)
10. **SB233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233)
11. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB233&version=20110SB23391ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 233 Pavley Senate Third Reading By ENG — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB233 Pavley Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-03-31** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-13** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-15** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 786.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1180.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-25** Read third time and amended. (Page 2588.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2691.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2234.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 333, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29daffd1-b91f-4c31-bb82-5db4c9ac3cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).