republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1309.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-term health care facilities: admission contracts."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of health facilities, including, but not limited to, long-term health care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Health Care Services. A violation of the provisions relating to these facilities is a crime. Existing law requires a contract for admission to a long-term care facility to state that a resident shall not be involuntarily transferred within, or discharged from, a long-term health care facility unless the resident is given reasonable notice in writing, and transfer or discharge planning, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to state the reason for the transfer or discharge. Existing law requires the facility to immediately notify the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman if the discharge is involuntary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1309"
citation: "California AB 1309 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-term health care facilities", "admission contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe9f7fa1-aa34-455d-b893-8ff70f84e875"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309"
source_hash: "cf420e6d214d6456bdc0cef4f5062cfff8f7c65f5a6a9231966e1b650c5ccff3"
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 1309 (20232024) — Long-term health care facilities: admission contracts.

Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of health facilities, including, but not limited to, long-term health care facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Health Care Services. A violation of the provisions relating to these facilities is a crime. Existing law requires a contract for admission to a long-term care facility to state that a resident shall not be involuntarily transferred within, or discharged from, a long-term health care facility unless the resident is given reasonable notice in writing, and transfer or discharge planning, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to state the reason for the transfer or discharge. Existing law requires the facility to immediately notify the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman if the discharge is involuntary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309&version=20230AB130999INT)
2. **04/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309&version=20230AB130998AMD)
3. **08/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309&version=20230AB130997AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309&version=20230AB130995CHP)
5. **AB1309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1309&version=20230AB130996ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1309 Reyes et al. By Durazo — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1309 Reyes Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1309 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1812.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-07-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2363.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3030.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 835, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe9f7fa1-aa34-455d-b893-8ff70f84e875`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).