---
type: "Bill"
title: "Podiatrists."
description: "Podiatrists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2196"
citation: "California AB 2196 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Podiatrists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65cb47ce-6953-4d4f-ad3b-5eb46725b888"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196"
source_hash: "95af8d8758ce14263169336f176297f45f67da7b4bc34b40217f657daf2dc1d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2196 (20012002) — Podiatrists.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196&version=20010AB219699INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196&version=20010AB219698AMD)
3. **06/30/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196&version=20010AB219696CHP)
4. **AB2196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196)
5. **06/17/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2196&version=20010AB219697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2196 Lowenthal Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2196 Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-06-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4759.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5724.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65cb47ce-6953-4d4f-ad3b-5eb46725b888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).