republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-345.md

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Bill	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.	Existing law, as part of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, under the direction of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, in the California Department of Aging. Existing law provides for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under which funds are allocated to local ombudsman programs to assist elderly persons in long-term health care facilities and residential care facilities by, among other things, investigating and seeking to resolve complaints against these facilities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 345	California SB 345 (20112012)	bill	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.	enacted	Wolk	14	34	7	2011-02-15	2012-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/8ffe5449-219e-4f25-b2d1-a481ff43a688	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB345	88411ebc25f98a387b02aa445b4392dd25825e71bb9fa54fdece6c142b9e7bfc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 345 (20112012) — Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Existing law, as part of the Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act, establishes the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, under the direction of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, in the California Department of Aging. Existing law provides for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program under which funds are allocated to local ombudsman programs to assist elderly persons in long-term health care facilities and residential care facilities by, among other things, investigating and seeking to resolve complaints against these facilities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/12/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/24/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/26/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/07/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/14/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 06/28/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. SB345 (committee substitute) — source
14. 08/30/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 345 Wolk Senate Third Reading By YAMADA — 70–8 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB345 Wolk Concurrence — 27–8 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wolk — primary (person)
• Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-12-15 Set for hearing January 10.
• 2012-01-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 2640.) . amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-14 Set for hearing January 17.
• 2012-01-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 2668.) (January 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-01-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 2697.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-01-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-04-23 Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
• 2012-04-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-05-14 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
• 2012-06-20 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
• 2012-06-28 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
• 2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-21 Read third time and amended. (Page 6051.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 6173.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ffe5449-219e-4f25-b2d1-a481ff43a688. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).