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Bill	Hospice agency licensure: moratorium on new licenses.	The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 (act) requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. The act also provides for the renewal of a license. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2673	California AB 2673 (20212022)	bill	Hospice agency licensure: moratorium on new licenses.	enacted	Irwin	9	34	9	2022-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/64c9b4d2-a069-41e9-80fc-169255988600	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2673	3d1ed46874c55961a6461840828c6034d0cf69bca2e27da3666774d1b6265c83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2673 (20212022) — Hospice agency licensure: moratorium on new licenses.

The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 (act) requires a person, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health to provide hospice services to an individual who is experiencing the last phase of life due to a terminal disease, as defined, and their family, except as provided. The act also provides for the renewal of a license. The act imposes criminal penalties on any person who violates any provision of the act or any rule or regulation promulgated under the act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/31/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2673 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2673 Irwin Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB2673 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2673 Irwin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)
• Allen — principal coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2022-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
• 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
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4866.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5366.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 797, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64c9b4d2-a069-41e9-80fc-169255988600. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).