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Bill	California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990.	(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 generally requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease and their family, except as provided. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1280	California AB 1280 (20212022)	bill	California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990.	enacted	Irwin	7	30	6	2021-02-19	2021-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7c4be0cc-0718-4334-8f27-6e0bc9614574	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1280	a85345992cd5cbcec6595a85e3f8be1250d92ac0de6989299ec49aeaa333187e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1280 (20212022) — California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990.

(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 generally requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease and their family, except as provided. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/04/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1280 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1280 Irwin et al. By Roth — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1280 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1280 Irwin Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-03-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1410.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-18 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2227.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-01 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
• 2021-09-01 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2654.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 478, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c4be0cc-0718-4334-8f27-6e0bc9614574. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).