Private alternative boarding schools and outdoor programs.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care and residential facilities by the State Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the act does not apply to certain facilities, including, among others, any school dormitory or similar facility determined by the department. Existing law makes a violation of any of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor.
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SB 524
California SB 524 (20152016)
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Private alternative boarding schools and outdoor programs.
California SB 524 (20152016) — Private alternative boarding schools and outdoor programs.
Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of community care and residential facilities by the State Department of Social Services. Under existing law, the act does not apply to certain facilities, including, among others, any school dormitory or similar facility determined by the department. Existing law makes a violation of any of these provisions punishable as a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
SB 524 Lara Senate Third Reading By LOW — 54–23 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 35–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 3–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB524 Lara Concurrence — 26–11 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 524 Lara Senate Third Reading Amend By LOW Set #1 — 49–20 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Liu — coauthor (person)
Lopez — coauthor (person)
Low — coauthor (person)
McGuire — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-04-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 817.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-08 Set for hearing May 18.
2015-05-18 May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1155.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1191.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2015-07-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-02 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Holden.
2016-08-01 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
2016-08-02 From inactive file.
2016-08-02 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-04 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 20. Page 5984.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 6234.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2016-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5448.) Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-08-26 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 5457.) committee-passage
2016-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5479.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 864, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2487be36-111e-4ab4-ae7e-b96a77bb7f84. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).