(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect health facilities, as specified. Existing law requires a hospital that provides emergency medical services to, as soon as possible, but not later than 90 days prior to a planned reduction or elimination of the level of emergency medical services, provide notice of the intended change to the department, other specified entities, and the public. Existing law also requires a health facility to provide public notice, as specified, not less than 30 days prior to closing the health facility, eliminating a supplemental service, as defined, or relocating the provision of supplemental services to a different campus.
California AB 2037 (20192020) — Health facilities: notices.
(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect health facilities, as specified. Existing law requires a hospital that provides emergency medical services to, as soon as possible, but not later than 90 days prior to a planned reduction or elimination of the level of emergency medical services, provide notice of the intended change to the department, other specified entities, and the public. Existing law also requires a health facility to provide public notice, as specified, not less than 30 days prior to closing the health facility, eliminating a supplemental service, as defined, or relocating the provision of supplemental services to a different campus.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–3 (pass) · lower
AB 2037 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BONTA — 51–12 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2037 Wicks et al. By Leyva — 25–12 (pass) · upper
AB 2037 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 50–15 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wicks — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
2020-02-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 15. Page 4685.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4434.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 12. Page 5385.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2020-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abef795e-8dbc-4d6f-abc7-d1ec9fd32894. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).