The Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. The act requires an owner of a general acute care inpatient hospital, no later than January 1, 2030, to either demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed pursuant to the act, or seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with those regulations and standards. Existing law requires, within 60 days following the department's approval of a report relating to a general acute care hospital owner's plan to comply with those regulations and standards, a general acute hospital building owner to include all pertinent information regarding the building's expected earthquake performance in emergency training, response, and recovery plans, and in capital outlay plans.
California AB 1882 (20212022) — Hospitals: seismic safety.
The Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. The act requires an owner of a general acute care inpatient hospital, no later than January 1, 2030, to either demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed pursuant to the act, or seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with those regulations and standards. Existing law requires, within 60 days following the department's approval of a report relating to a general acute care hospital owner's plan to comply with those regulations and standards, a general acute hospital building owner to include all pertinent information regarding the building's expected earthquake performance in emergency training, response, and recovery plans, and in capital outlay plans.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1882 Robert Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–10 (pass) · lower
AB 1882 Robert Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 50–17 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 4–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1882 Robert Rivas et al. By Leyva — 31–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Robert Rivas — primary (person)
Nazarian — author (person)
Rodriguez — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
2022-02-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-06 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 4704.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 5098.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 10.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6041d28d-3c18-4215-9b49-0dcc0225f104. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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