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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health facilities: notices."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 2037"
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citation: "California AB 2037 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health facilities: notices."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-02-03"
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last_action: "2020-09-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abef795e-8dbc-4d6f-abc7-d1ec9fd32894"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037"
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source_hash: "6c4f386b1fb14766ce853eb5b3fa18a8e383edc43d7740a3fc19c7cc64b8f88e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2037 (20192020) — Health facilities: notices.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/03/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203799INT)
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2. **05/11/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203798AMD)
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3. **05/20/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203797AMD)
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4. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203796AMD)
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5. **09/18/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203794CHP)
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6. **AB2037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037)
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7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2037&version=20190AB203795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2037 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BONTA — **51–12** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2037 Wicks et al. By Leyva — **25–12** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2037 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **50–15** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wicks — primary (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-12** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2020-05-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-05-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 15. Page 4685.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4434.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 12. Page 5385.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2020-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abef795e-8dbc-4d6f-abc7-d1ec9fd32894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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