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Senate Bill 586 (Slater – 1945)
Chapter 932, Statutes of 1945
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Former sections 32000 to 32313 were added to the Health and Safety Code in 1945 following legislative passage of Senate Bill 586. (See Exhibit #1e) Senate Bill 586 was introduced on January 24, 1945 by Senator Herbert W. Slater from Sonoma County. (See Exhibit #1a and #5, document PE-38)
Senate Bill 586 was heard by the Senate Committee on Public Health and Safety and the Assembly Committee on Municipal and County Government. (See Exhibit #2) Three amendments were made to the bill while before the Legislature, one by the Senate on April 11, 1945, and two by the Assembly on May 4 and May 11, 1945. (See Exhibit #1b through #1d and #2) Senate Bill 586 was signed by Governor Earl Warren on June 18, 1945, and it was thereafter recorded by the Secretary of State as Chapter 932 of the Statutes of 1945. (See Exhibit #1e and #2)
Neither of the committees hearing this bill nor its author have left documentation surviving upon its consideration. Given these circumstances, we found that the post-enrollment legislative bill file for the Governor regarding this legislation provides the most useful documents. (See, generally, Exhibits #5 and #7) Through the materials located in the Governor’s files we are able to gain some insight into the intent of the legislation. The information in these materials was presumably also presented to the legislature as the writers typically were participants in the legislative process. (Id.)
The Inter-Departmental Communication analysis of the Department of Justice described this bill as “The Local Hospital Law,” which provided “for the formation of local hospital districts for the purpose of building and operating hospitals.” (See Exhibit #5, document PE-6)