republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-663.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Care facilities: training requirements."
description: "Existing law requires the administrator of an adult residential care facility or an administrator of a residential care facility for the elderly to undergo training, including specified subjects, including, but not limited to, business operations and the psychosocial needs of the facility residents. Existing law also requires the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to sponsor training of ombudsman, to be completed prior to certification as an ombudsman."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 663"
citation: "California AB 663 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Care facilities: training requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gomez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec62ed4f-1c73-4f69-a52b-506ae019cec1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663"
source_hash: "eb4d4e95b589355100c6788ef4b0d4f09f789b8d76560a1647080e8c93970e07"
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 AB 663 (20132014) — Care facilities: training requirements.

Existing law requires the administrator of an adult residential care facility or an administrator of a residential care facility for the elderly to undergo training, including specified subjects, including, but not limited to, business operations and the psychosocial needs of the facility residents. Existing law also requires the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to sponsor training of ombudsman, to be completed prior to certification as an ombudsman.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663&version=20130AB66399INT)
2. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663&version=20130AB66398AMD)
3. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663&version=20130AB66397AMD)
4. **10/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663&version=20130AB66395CHP)
5. **AB663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663)
6. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB663&version=20130AB66396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long€term Care. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 663 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — **52–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB663 Gomez By Correa — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gomez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 1569.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2095.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 675, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec62ed4f-1c73-4f69-a52b-506ae019cec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).