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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses."
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description: "The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 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."
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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: "SB 664"
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citation: "California SB 664 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4435ca-187f-4c54-b622-c8e7aa0aad42"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664"
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source_hash: "41d923f4ec1d2d87cd0dcc86447323ea9e16279ee8a3ed02d29f4c0fa51a2f85"
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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 SB 664 (20212022) — Hospice licensure: moratorium on new licenses.
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The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 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.
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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=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66499INT)
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2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66498AMD)
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3. **07/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66497AMD)
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4. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66495CHP)
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5. **SB664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664)
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6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB664&version=20210SB66496ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB664 Allen Concurrence — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 664 Allen Senate Third Reading By Nazarian — **66–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Allen — primary (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 Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-07** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2021-04-20** April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 956.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
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- **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1199.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1379.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 2933.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2587.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2021. `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/ad4435ca-187f-4c54-b622-c8e7aa0aad42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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