California AB2282: Health facilities: emergency medical services.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 1251.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: emergency medical services. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals…

From the enrolled text, September 1, 2026:

An act to add Section 1251.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: emergency medical services. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law requires the department to issue a special permit, in addition to a license, to a health facility to offer one or more special services, such as an emergency center, if specified requirements are met, including that the department finds that the standards of care and services are adequate and appropriate. Existing law requires the department to issue a special permit to allow a general acute care hospital to offer emergency stabilization services at a location that is neither inside nor contiguous to the applicant hospital if the hospital provides satisfactory evidence to the department that, among other things, the hospital has a written transfer agreement with the hospital closest to the location where emergency stabilization services will be provided and satisfactory evidence to the department that this location meets certain requirements, including that the location is in the town of Paradise within the County of Butte and serves the same area previously served by Feather River Hospital. This bill would require the department to issue a waiver, as specified, to a publicly owned and …

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Sponsors

• Juan Alanis (R, AD22) · primary sponsor
• Mia Bonta (D, AD18)
• Heath Flora (R, AD09)
• Marie Alvarado-Gil (R, SD04)
• Anna Caballero (D, SD14)
• Shannon Grove (R, SD12)

Latest actions

1. September 27, 2026: Vetoed by Governor.
2. September 4, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
3. August 27, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6677.).
4. August 27, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
5. August 25, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6. August 25, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 2.).
7. August 17, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
8. August 13, 2026: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
9. August 3, 2026: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
10. July 2, 2026: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Votes

• AB 2282 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 27, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2282 Alanis et al. By Caballero (August 25, 2026): 37 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
• AB 2282 Alanis Assembly Third Reading (May 28, 2026): 76 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2282?

AB2282 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Health facilities: emergency medical services.

What does AB2282 do?

In its own words: An act to add Section 1251.7 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: emergency medical services. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals…

What is the status of AB2282?

Vetoed as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Vetoed by Governor. (September 27, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2282?

Juan Alanis (R, AD22), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB2282?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2282