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type: "Bill"
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title: "Freestanding skilled nursing facilities."
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description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate skilled nursing facilities, as defined, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a skilled nursing facility in this state, without first obtaining a license from the department. Existing law prohibits a person from acquiring a beneficial interest of 5% or more in any corporation or partnership licensed to operate a skilled nursing facility, or in any management company under contract with a licensee of a skilled nursing facility, or from becoming an officer or director of, or general partner in, a corporation, partnership, or management company without the prior written approval of the department. Existing law requires a licensee for a skilled nursing facility to provide written notice of a proposed change in licensee or management company to all residents of the facility and their representatives at least 90 days prior to a finalization of the sale, transfer of operation, or other change or transfer of ownership interests, except as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to submit certain information to the department, such as the name and address of a parent organization if the applicant is a subsidiary of another organization, and report any changes to that information within 30 days. Existing law imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the licensing and regulatory requirements imposed on skilled nursing facilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1502"
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citation: "California AB 1502 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Freestanding skilled nursing facilities."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2022-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fcf6902-f3fb-49d3-85d2-b36ecce0b91c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502"
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source_hash: "f4326d4b092c72f4b5b82233cea4e21e6ef7556cf239a00b3c39d8e7a11fde45"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1502 (20212022) — Freestanding skilled nursing facilities.
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Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate skilled nursing facilities, as defined, and prohibits a person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency within the state from operating, establishing, managing, conducting, or maintaining a skilled nursing facility in this state, without first obtaining a license from the department. Existing law prohibits a person from acquiring a beneficial interest of 5% or more in any corporation or partnership licensed to operate a skilled nursing facility, or in any management company under contract with a licensee of a skilled nursing facility, or from becoming an officer or director of, or general partner in, a corporation, partnership, or management company without the prior written approval of the department. Existing law requires a licensee for a skilled nursing facility to provide written notice of a proposed change in licensee or management company to all residents of the facility and their representatives at least 90 days prior to a finalization of the sale, transfer of operation, or other change or transfer of ownership interests, except as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility to submit certain information to the department, such as the name and address of a parent organization if the applicant is a subsidiary of another organization, and report any changes to that information within 30 days. Existing law imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the licensing and regulatory requirements imposed on skilled nursing facilities.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150299INT)
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2. **01/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150297AMD)
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3. **01/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150296AMD)
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4. **03/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150298AMD)
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5. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150295AMD)
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6. **06/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150294AMD)
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7. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150292CHP)
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8. **AB1502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502)
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9. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1502&version=20210AB150293ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1502 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–17** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1502 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — **55–15** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1502 Muratsuchi et al. By Pan — **25–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Stern — principal coauthor (person)
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- Wood — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (January 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-01-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 3430.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-28** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2022-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 5138.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
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- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fcf6902-f3fb-49d3-85d2-b36ecce0b91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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