Hospitals: seismic compliance: Pacifica Hospital of the Valley.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. A violation of any provision of the act is a misdemeanor.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 2404
California AB 2404 (20212022)
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Hospitals: seismic compliance: Pacifica Hospital of the Valley.
California AB 2404 (20212022) — Hospitals: seismic compliance: Pacifica Hospital of the Valley.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. A violation of any provision of the act is a misdemeanor.
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] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2404 Luz Rivas Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2404 Luz Rivas et al. By Hertzberg Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2404 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Luz Rivas — primary (person)
Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2022-03-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-03-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-03-31 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 4580.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5105.). 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 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 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 592, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db579315-b0a3-4f2f-9937-5d98496e4816. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).