republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-609.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. Existing law requires the office to solicit and receive funds, gifts, and contributions to support the operations and programs of the office.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 609	California SB 609 (20132014)	bill	Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.	enacted	Wolk	8	28	7	2013-02-22	2013-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/05471bfb-9c5c-46e6-8266-c1ce8a591d48	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB609	5a65f5391133b7b71d5779492eade2424304fa975e968091773acbc0e018f52c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 609 (20132014) — 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. Existing law requires the office to solicit and receive funds, gifts, and contributions to support the operations and programs of the office.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/07/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/03/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB609 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/06/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB609 Wolk Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 609 Wolk Senate Third Reading By BROWN — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #2 — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wolk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2013-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 486.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 617.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-04-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 713.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-22 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2845.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2136.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 521, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05471bfb-9c5c-46e6-8266-c1ce8a591d48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).