California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB 1356
Alcohol and other drug programs.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Dixon (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse. Existing law also provides for the certification and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs by the department and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions. Existing law requires the department's death investigation policy to be designed to ensure that a resident's death is addressed and investigated by the department in a timely manner, and requires specified procedures if a death occurs in a licensed facility, including requiring a written report related to the death that includes a description of the followup action that is planned to prevent a future death. Existing law requires that report to be submitted to the department within 7 calendar days of the event or incident.
This bill, John's Law, would additionally require a facility to submit to the department, within 30 days of the initial incident, any relevant information that was not known at the time of the initial incident. If the department identifies any violations of specified licensing provisions during its investigation of a resident's death, the bill would require the department to issue a written notice of deficiency to the facility. The bill would authorize the department to implement, interpret, or make specific these provisions through the use of all-county letters, provider bulletins, or similar instructions without taking any further regulatory action.
Text versions
- 10/01/25 - Chaptered· Oct 1, 2025
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled· Sep 16, 2025
- 08/29/25 - Amended Senate· Aug 29, 2025
- 07/09/25 - Amended Senate· Jul 9, 2025
- 06/17/25 - Amended Senate· Jun 17, 2025
- 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly· Apr 24, 2025
- 02/21/25 - Introduced· Feb 21, 2025
- AB1356
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2025 House | AB 1356 Dixon Concurrence in Senate Amendments | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Sep 11, 2025 Senate | Special Consent AB1356 Dixon By Jones | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Aug 29, 2025 Senate | Do pass as amended | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jul 14, 2025 Senate | Placed on suspense file | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 25, 2025 Senate | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 29, 2025 House | AB 1356 Dixon Assembly Third Reading | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 21, 2025 House | Do pass. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 22, 2025 House | Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Oct 1, 2025 · Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 189, Statutes of 2025. - Oct 1, 2025 · Legislature
Approved by the Governor. - Sep 24, 2025 · Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - Sep 13, 2025 · House
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3500.). - Sep 13, 2025 · House
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.) - Sep 12, 2025 · House
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - Sep 11, 2025 · Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2931.). - Sep 9, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar. - Sep 2, 2025 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - Aug 29, 2025 · Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. - Aug 29, 2025 · Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). - Jul 14, 2025 · Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. - Jul 9, 2025 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Jun 26, 2025 · Senate
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. - Jun 17, 2025 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. - Jun 11, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Com. on HEALTH. - May 29, 2025 · Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. - May 29, 2025 · House
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1772.) - May 22, 2025 · House
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - May 21, 2025 · House
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21). - May 14, 2025 · House
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - Apr 28, 2025 · House
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Apr 24, 2025 · House
Read second time and amended. - Apr 23, 2025 · House
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). - Mar 13, 2025 · House
Referred to Com. on HEALTH. - Feb 24, 2025 · House
Read first time. - Feb 22, 2025 · House
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. - Feb 21, 2025 · House
Introduced. To print.