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Bill	Hospitals: seismic safety.	Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 232	California AB 232 (20152016)	bill	Hospitals: seismic safety.	enacted	Obernolte	7	34	8	2015-02-04	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB232	66550a87936431c36cd3de9dc980b69a7e59369b49fcd590f76d1e0f8959edd5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 232 (20152016) — Hospitals: seismic safety.

Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB232 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 232 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• W/O REF. TO FILE AB232 Obernolte By Fuller Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 232 OBERNOLTE Concurrence - Urgency Added — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Obernolte — primary (person)
• Fuller — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2015-02-17 Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1436.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 From Consent Calendar.
• 2015-07-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-07-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Joint Rule 61(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2645.)
• 2015-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2646.)
• 2015-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-09-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-09-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2711.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3134.)
• 2015-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2015-09-11 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3174.)
• 2015-09-11 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3179.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5a2010c-5c83-44da-b578-abb6878b74d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).