republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-892.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kern County Hospital Authority."
description: "Existing law, the Kern County Hospital Authority Act, establishes the Kern County Hospital Authority, which maintains and operates the Kern Medical Center and is governed by a board of governors that is appointed, both initially and continually, by the board of supervisors. Existing law requires the authority to provide management, administration, and other controls as needed to operate the medical center, and maintain its status as a designated public hospital. Existing law requires the authority to maintain financial and accounting records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 892"
citation: "California AB 892 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kern County Hospital Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bains"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60dc2caa-e1ac-452f-8533-6a38a24c7034"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892"
source_hash: "e232240be7f707f5eebeb1324d4def09f020ae5b2a5e22cc728aa13fd9fde290"
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 892 (20232024) — Kern County Hospital Authority.

Existing law, the Kern County Hospital Authority Act, establishes the Kern County Hospital Authority, which maintains and operates the Kern Medical Center and is governed by a board of governors that is appointed, both initially and continually, by the board of supervisors. Existing law requires the authority to provide management, administration, and other controls as needed to operate the medical center, and maintain its status as a designated public hospital. Existing law requires the authority to maintain financial and accounting records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892&version=20230AB89299INT)
2. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892&version=20230AB89298AMD)
3. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892&version=20230AB89296CHP)
4. **AB892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892)
5. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB892&version=20230AB89297ENR)

## Votes

- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 892 Bains Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 892 Bains Assembly Third Reading — **65–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB892 Bains By Cortese — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bains — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 4. Page 1881.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Caballero.
- **2024-08-15** From inactive file.
- **2024-08-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-26** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-27** From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 27) `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2024-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 676, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60dc2caa-e1ac-452f-8533-6a38a24c7034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).