---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons."
description: "Physicians and surgeons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1975"
citation: "California AB 1975 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5de5c02-1d9d-4698-b780-f5cf8eea5cc8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975"
source_hash: "a602dbd27e0bb25adfebbb269c3f0a0ed1c1e30db75685af492b426f8e407a97"
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 1975 (20032004) — Physicians and surgeons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197599INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197598AMD)
3. **05/10/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197597AMD)
4. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197596AMD)
5. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197595AMD)
6. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197593CHP)
7. **AB1975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975)
8. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1975&version=20030AB197594ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1975 bermudez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1975 bermudez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1975 bermudez by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 7969.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.)
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5337.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 5978.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (May 4). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** 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`
- **2004-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/c5de5c02-1d9d-4698-b780-f5cf8eea5cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).