republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1907.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term health care facilities: inspections."
description: "Existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 (act) , generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate long-term health care facilities and to establish an inspection and reporting system to ensure that long-term health care facilities are in compliance with state statutes and regulations. The term \"long-term health care facility\" includes, among others, skilled nursing facilities. The act declares the intent of the Legislature to execute these inspections in the form of a single survey process, to the extent possible and permitted under federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1907"
citation: "California AB 1907 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term health care facilities: inspections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3747de9-1465-4370-85fd-f672cf1ed219"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907"
source_hash: "8d4dbc38b90e111376c8d9f12ce701c5d56d56cf6eaf1acb151272859bd11215"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1907 (20212022) — Long-term health care facilities: inspections.

Existing law, the Long-Term Care, Health, Safety, and Security Act of 1973 (act) , generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate long-term health care facilities and to establish an inspection and reporting system to ensure that long-term health care facilities are in compliance with state statutes and regulations. The term "long-term health care facility" includes, among others, skilled nursing facilities. The act declares the intent of the Legislature to execute these inspections in the form of a single survey process, to the extent possible and permitted under federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907&version=20210AB190799INT)
2. **08/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907&version=20210AB190798AMD)
3. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907&version=20210AB190796CHP)
4. **AB1907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907)
5. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1907&version=20210AB190797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1907 Bauer-Kahan By Rubio — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1907 Bauer-Kahan By Rubio — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1907 Bauer-Kahan By Rubio — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1907 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1907 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4872.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-17** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Rubio.
- **2022-08-17** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4882.)
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5004.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3747de9-1465-4370-85fd-f672cf1ed219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).