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type: "Bill"
title: "Residential care facilities for the elderly."
description: "Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law authorizes the director to take enforcement action, including, but not limited to, actions to suspend or revoke a license and to impose civil penalties for violations. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "California SB 897 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential care facilities for the elderly."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9698d4d7-77ef-484a-9f41-f83342c5f427"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897"
source_hash: "041a5bda2d69f25f41a559a13495fed7c0d225b7beaccaa6383a15b0549c9bd6"
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 SB 897 (20112012) — Residential care facilities for the elderly.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. Existing law authorizes the director to take enforcement action, including, but not limited to, actions to suspend or revoke a license and to impose civil penalties for violations. Under existing law, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89799INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89798AMD)
3. **05/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89797AMD)
4. **08/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89796AMD)
5. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89794CHP)
6. **SB897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897)
7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB897&version=20110SB89795ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB897 Leno Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **151** (pass) · lower
- SB 897 Leno Senate Third Reading By JONES — **715** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-03-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 641.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-25** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-11** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1086.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1191.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. (Page 2709.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 2938.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2403.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 376, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9698d4d7-77ef-484a-9f41-f83342c5f427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).