republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: Medical Foster Home Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure of residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facilities, and residential care facilities for persons with chronic, life-threatening illness by the State Department of Social Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2119"
citation: "California AB 2119 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: Medical Foster Home Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41774928-ccb5-4141-b3a0-c908a7248051"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119"
source_hash: "d729f268d29c46f031a4eb81ec7eda354a37f976556b1796d2ad5efaca2425fc"
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 2119 (20212022) — Veterans: Medical Foster Home Program.

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, provides for the licensure of residential care facilities for the elderly, community care facilities, and residential care facilities for persons with chronic, life-threatening illness by the State Department of Social Services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119&version=20210AB211999INT)
2. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119&version=20210AB211998AMD)
3. **09/17/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119&version=20210AB211996CHP)
4. **AB2119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119)
5. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2119&version=20210AB211997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2119 Flora Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2119 Flora Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2119 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flora — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4924.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on M. & V.A. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4986.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2022-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 381, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41774928-ccb5-4141-b3a0-c908a7248051`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).