republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-424.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the operation, establishment, management, conduct, or maintenance of an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 424"
citation: "California AB 424 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholandotherdrugprograms", "complaints"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ea6588-c1ed-4b7f-82e7-f7b4bfb12543"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424"
source_hash: "8c007587514ecfbc7af431b3d93633b8fda31cc23156c7bba80210499403d19f"
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 424 (20252026) — Alcohol and other drug programs: complaints.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facilities serving adults by the State Department of Health Care Services, as prescribed. Existing law prohibits the operation, establishment, management, conduct, or maintenance of an alcohol or other drug recovery or treatment facility to provide recovery, treatment, or detoxification services within this state without first obtaining a current valid license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424&version=20250AB42499INT)
2. **03/19/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424&version=20250AB42498AMD)
3. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424&version=20250AB42496CHP)
4. **AB424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424)
5. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB424&version=20250AB42497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 424 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-05-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1739.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2521.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ea6588-c1ed-4b7f-82e7-f7b4bfb12543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).