republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2816.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term care."
description: "Long-term care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2816"
citation: "California AB 2816 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daucher"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a959643b-a6c9-4dad-8227-3d84b241537d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816"
source_hash: "3124c176ffd4aa5b3c430fbe5b11988e5450cad149ebab444d4954658953c626"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2816 (20032004) — Long-term care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281699INT)
2. **04/19/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281698AMD)
3. **05/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281697AMD)
4. **05/20/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281696AMD)
5. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281695AMD)
6. **07/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281694AMD)
7. **09/10/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281692CHP)
8. **AB2816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816)
9. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2816&version=20030AB281693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2816 daucher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2816 daucher assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2816 daucher concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daucher — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2004-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 455, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7160.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4861.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6116.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5196.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a959643b-a6c9-4dad-8227-3d84b241537d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).