republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-737.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential care facilities for the elderly: licensing and regulation."
description: "The California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act provides for the licensure of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. The act requires any person seeking a license for a residential care facility for the elderly to file an application with the department, as specified. The act requires an application to include specific information, including the name of any person who holds a beneficial ownership interest of 10% or more in a facility, and generally any other information the department requires for the proper administration and enforcement of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 737"
citation: "California AB 737 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential care facilities for the elderly: licensing and regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f6416f2-9828-4c7f-b54a-340a8274e2be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737"
source_hash: "c32433a1e2cfad4573be805cbbfba633ffc969fd964bce2986d277ffeeb172d0"
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 737 (20192020) — Residential care facilities for the elderly: licensing and regulation.

The California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act provides for the licensure of residential care facilities for the elderly by the State Department of Social Services. The act requires any person seeking a license for a residential care facility for the elderly to file an application with the department, as specified. The act requires an application to include specific information, including the name of any person who holds a beneficial ownership interest of 10% or more in a facility, and generally any other information the department requires for the proper administration and enforcement of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73799INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73798AMD)
3. **05/29/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73797AMD)
4. **06/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73796AMD)
5. **07/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73795AMD)
6. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73793CHP)
7. **AB737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737)
8. **08/20/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB737&version=20190AB73794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB737 Eggman By Hurtado — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 737 Eggman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 737 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1359.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2180.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2747.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f6416f2-9828-4c7f-b54a-340a8274e2be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).