---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons: exemption for out-of-state physicians and surgeons traveling with a sports team."
description: "Physicians and surgeons: exemption for out-of-state physicians and surgeons traveling with a sports team."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 138"
citation: "California AB 138 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: exemption for out-of-state physicians and surgeons traveling with a sports team."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-01-16"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfcde8e0-dc85-4447-a911-9573a470964e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138"
source_hash: "deeebaae47799a5eb072e54141709040ff39d4bfb47f17d937f5a3023a4da7a6"
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 138 (20032004) — Physicians and surgeons: exemption for out-of-state physicians and surgeons traveling with a sports team.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138&version=20030AB13899INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138&version=20030AB13898AMD)
3. **07/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138&version=20030AB13896CHP)
4. **AB138** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138)
5. **07/07/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB138&version=20030AB13897ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #18 ab138 lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 138 lowenthal consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 78, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1668.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1711.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2003-01-16** 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/dfcde8e0-dc85-4447-a911-9573a470964e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).