Hospitals: self-identification procedure: human trafficking or domestic violence.
Existing law provides for the licensing, regulation, and inspection of various types of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law imposes certain requirements on licensed general acute care hospitals, including, among others, maintaining a medical records system and complying with the standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, as specified. Existing law generally makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.
California SB 963 (20232024) — Hospitals: self-identification procedure: human trafficking or domestic violence.
Existing law provides for the licensing, regulation, and inspection of various types of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law imposes certain requirements on licensed general acute care hospitals, including, among others, maintaining a medical records system and complying with the standards for the examination and treatment of victims of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault, as specified. Existing law generally makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 963 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Wicks — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB963 Ashby et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ashby — primary (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
2024-02-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2024-04-02 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 10.
2024-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3560.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-04-16 Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
2024-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3724.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3920.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
2024-06-11 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
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2024-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6509.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5612.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 616, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55764fc3-8d90-481e-b2a3-3f7c207a6509. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).