republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2414.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Desert Healthcare District."
description: "Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, authorizes the organization and incorporation of local health care districts and specifies the powers of those districts, including, among other things, the power to establish, maintain, and operate, or provide assistance in the operation of, one or more health facilities or health services, including, but not limited to, outpatient programs, services, and facilities; retirement programs, services, and facilities; chemical dependency programs, services, and facilities; or other health care programs, services, and facilities and activities at any location within or without the district for the benefit of the district and the people served by the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2414"
citation: "California AB 2414 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Desert Healthcare District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc4ac34c-f44a-446d-855f-5685d0594b7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414"
source_hash: "a7d5b90983623d8952857f1de332e805d9c701fbd1c2aac551167c4a53846a7a"
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 2414 (20152016) — Desert Healthcare District.

Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, authorizes the organization and incorporation of local health care districts and specifies the powers of those districts, including, among other things, the power to establish, maintain, and operate, or provide assistance in the operation of, one or more health facilities or health services, including, but not limited to, outpatient programs, services, and facilities; retirement programs, services, and facilities; chemical dependency programs, services, and facilities; or other health care programs, services, and facilities and activities at any location within or without the district for the benefit of the district and the people served by the district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241499INT)
2. **04/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241498AMD)
3. **06/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241497AMD)
4. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241496AMD)
5. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241495AMD)
6. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241493CHP)
7. **AB2414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414)
8. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2414&version=20150AB241494ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2414 Eduardo Garcia By Hueso — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2414 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2414 GARCIA, E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 4775.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5485.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6474.)
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 25. Page 6485.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 416, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc4ac34c-f44a-446d-855f-5685d0594b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).