Residential care facilities for the elderly: resident services.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act (act) , requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act. Existing law gives residents of those facilities specified rights, including, but not limited to, the right to be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons, and the right to reasonable accommodation of individual needs and preferences in all aspects of life in the facility, except when the health or safety of the individual or other residents would be endangered.
California SB 1406 (20232024) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: resident services.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act (act) , requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act. Existing law gives residents of those facilities specified rights, including, but not limited to, the right to be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents, and other persons, and the right to reasonable accommodation of individual needs and preferences in all aspects of life in the facility, except when the health or safety of the individual or other residents would be endangered.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1406 Allen Senate Third Reading By Reyes — 75–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 31–7 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1406 Allen Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Allen — primary (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 Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
2024-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-04 Set for hearing April 15.
2024-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
2024-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
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 5. Noes 2. Page 3982.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4026.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. referral-committee
2024-06-10 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 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (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 75. Noes 1. Page 6805.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5644.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 340, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bebe1357-ec5d-4313-ac49-ef85a3c8f761. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).