republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensed facilities: duties."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law requires a licensee to develop a plan to address when a resident relapses, including when a resident is on the licensed premises after consuming alcohol or using illicit drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 381"
citation: "California AB 381 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensed facilities: duties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98951d4d-da58-4ad8-aeb0-6e601bbabedc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381"
source_hash: "19f2fac612f470ef7dfddc99051674a14d0f71cd54fc4d19e79a7946e5163457"
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 381 (20212022) — Licensed facilities: duties.

Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law requires a licensee to develop a plan to address when a resident relapses, including when a resident is on the licensed premises after consuming alcohol or using illicit drugs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381&version=20210AB38199INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381&version=20210AB38198AMD)
3. **06/14/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381&version=20210AB38197AMD)
4. **10/01/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381&version=20210AB38195CHP)
5. **AB381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381)
6. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB381&version=20210AB38196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 381 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 381 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB381 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)
- Petrie-Norris — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1152.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2630.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98951d4d-da58-4ad8-aeb0-6e601bbabedc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).