SB-991 • 2026

Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Menjivar
Last action: 2026-06-08
Official status: Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C and HUM. S.
Effective date: Not listed

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Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.

SB 991, as amended, Menjivar.

What This Bill Does

SB 991, as amended, Menjivar.
Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act (act), requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act.
Existing law authorizes the department to also to impose civil penalties for violations of the act.

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Bill History

2026-06-08 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C and HUM. S.
2026-05-20 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-19 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2026-05-08 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3740.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 6.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.
2026-02-09 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2026-02-05 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 991, as amended, Menjivar.
Residential care facilities for the elderly: categorization of citations.
Existing law, the California Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Act (act), requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties on a person who violates the act or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under the act. Existing law authorizes the department to also
to
impose civil penalties for violations of the act. Existing law gives residents of those facilities specified rights, including, but not limited to, the right to be free from neglect, financial exploitation, involuntary seclusion, and verbal, mental, or physical abuse.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act,
establishes various procedures for the reporting, investigation, and prosecution of elder and dependent adult abuse and defines various forms of abuse, such as abandonment, isolation, and financial abuse.
This
Beginning July 1, 2027, this
bill would require the department, when it substantiates a violation of the act that constitutes abuse in violation of a resident’s rights, to categorize the type of abuse using the definitions from the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act. The bill would require that the category of abuse be listed on
a
public-facing database maintained by the department.

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