Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activities relating to continuing care contracts that govern care provided to a resident in a continuing care retirement community for the duration of the resident's life or a term in excess of one year. Existing law provides that all residents in residential living units, as defined to mean a living unit in a continuing care retirement community, shall have certain specified rights, such as the right to live in an environment that enhances personal dignity, maintains independence, and encourages self-determination, and the right to participate in activities that meet individual physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs. Under existing law, in addition to any statutory or regulatory bill of rights required to be provided to residents of residential care facilities for the elderly or skilled nursing facilities, a provider of continuing care retirement services is required to provide a copy of the rights specified for residents in residential living units to each resident at the time or before the resident signs a continuing care contract, and at any time when the resident is proposed to be moved to a different level of care. A violation of these provisions is subject to a civil penalty.
California SB 1352 (20232024) — Continuing care retirement communities.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activities relating to continuing care contracts that govern care provided to a resident in a continuing care retirement community for the duration of the resident's life or a term in excess of one year. Existing law provides that all residents in residential living units, as defined to mean a living unit in a continuing care retirement community, shall have certain specified rights, such as the right to live in an environment that enhances personal dignity, maintains independence, and encourages self-determination, and the right to participate in activities that meet individual physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs. Under existing law, in addition to any statutory or regulatory bill of rights required to be provided to residents of residential care facilities for the elderly or skilled nursing facilities, a provider of continuing care retirement services is required to provide a copy of the rights specified for residents in residential living units to each resident at the time or before the resident signs a continuing care contract, and at any time when the resident is proposed to be moved to a different level of care. A violation of these provisions is subject to a civil penalty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent SB1352 Wahab et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1352 Wahab Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wahab — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Wallis — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2024-02-29 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-04 Set for hearing April 15.
2024-04-12 Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-18 April 23 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-04-18 Withdrawn from committee.
2024-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-29 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3894.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
2024-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6250.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5082.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2024-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 338, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/119613ed-8c02-4834-9ee9-27ffa5bee882. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).