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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Tobacco assessment.	Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 541	California AB 541 (20212022)	bill	Tobacco assessment.	enacted	Berman	7	25	6	2021-02-10	2021-08-31	openstates	ocd-bill/16288d00-23fb-4c75-805a-54ea58139cc5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB541	506696c5114409d1e4f221e3906c2c0e2f53a519b88f29da6e89ca87cb5f6501	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 541 (20212022) — Tobacco assessment.

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification procedure for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB541 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 541 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB541 Berman et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 541 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 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
• 2021-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1764.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-06-30 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2021-06-30 Ordered to second reading.
• 2021-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-07-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1906.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-07-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2404.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2021-08-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-08-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 150, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16288d00-23fb-4c75-805a-54ea58139cc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).