Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to allocate funds to private nonprofit regional centers for the provision of community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law permits regional centers to purchase in-home respite services for regional center clients. Existing law defines in-home respite services as intermittent or regularly scheduled temporary nonmedical care and supervision provided in the client's own home, for a regional center client who resides with a family member.
California SB 1197 (20232024) — In-home respite services.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to allocate funds to private nonprofit regional centers for the provision of community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law permits regional centers to purchase in-home respite services for regional center clients. Existing law defines in-home respite services as intermittent or regularly scheduled temporary nonmedical care and supervision provided in the client's own home, for a regional center client who resides with a family member.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1197 Alvarado-Gil Senate Third Reading By Gipson — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1197 Alvarado-Gil et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1197 Alvarado-Gil — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Alvarado-Gil — primary (person)
Gipson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2024-03-12 Set for hearing April 1.
2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3428.) (April 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 15.
2024-04-15 April 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3975.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4181.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
2024-06-12 Coauthors revised.
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-07-02 July 2 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6797.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5749.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 909, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2c476ba-1e64-43a1-9fff-d7eb9512d343. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).