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Bill	Health facilities.	(1) Existing law defines "health facility" to include a "psychiatric health facility" that is licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services and provides 24-hour inpatient care for people with mental health disorders. Existing law requires that such care include, but is not limited to, psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, social work, rehabilitation, drug administration, and food services for persons whose physical health needs can be met in an affiliated hospital or in outpatient settings.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1238	California SB 1238 (20232024)	bill	Health facilities	enacted	Eggman	9	32	9	2024-02-15	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/2b4579bb-aed2-48b7-bb0c-7223c081aba4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1238	1f1ff87e37150f2218a83fda2bc9b03ea88b76d4ec6035bcd50e943a5eaf02a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1238 (20232024) — Health facilities.

(1) Existing law defines "health facility" to include a "psychiatric health facility" that is licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services and provides 24-hour inpatient care for people with mental health disorders. Existing law requires that such care include, but is not limited to, psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, social work, rehabilitation, drug administration, and food services for persons whose physical health needs can be met in an affiliated hospital or in outpatient settings.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/18/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1238 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1238 Eggman Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1238 Eggman Senate Third Reading By Wood — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eggman — primary (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 Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2024-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 Set for hearing April 16 in JUD. pending receipt.
• 2024-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3561.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3636.) (April 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2024-04-29 April 29 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 3976.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4087.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 June 18 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6658.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5589.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-04 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 644, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b4579bb-aed2-48b7-bb0c-7223c081aba4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).