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California AssemblySB 596

Health facilities: administrative penalties.

Passed 48–19Party-line

What it does: Existing law provides for the licensure of various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and special hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations that establish minimum, specific, and numerical licensed nurse-to-patient ratios by licensed nurse classification and by hospital unit for all general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and special hospitals. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: SB 596 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Schiavo

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The tally

Yes 48 · No 19 · Not voting 13

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats48111
Republicans0182

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 1 member voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (80)

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.