---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurse practitioners: qualification requirements."
description: "Nurse practitioners: qualification requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2226"
citation: "California AB 2226 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nurse practitioners: qualification requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spitzer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-18"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/451a8ff0-ee1b-4c90-90c5-7e3166eb9de8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226"
source_hash: "88fb80c6b63e29183ada8558fba14200978b9b6af49b0b550f289598c7a296cd"
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 2226 (20032004) — Nurse practitioners: qualification requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226&version=20030AB222699INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226&version=20030AB222698AMD)
3. **05/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226&version=20030AB222697AMD)
4. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226&version=20030AB222695CHP)
5. **AB2226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226)
6. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2226&version=20030AB222696ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2226 spitzer consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2226 spitzer concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2226 spitzer — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spitzer — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Speier — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 344, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7051.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4624.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5432.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** 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. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2004-02-18** 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/451a8ff0-ee1b-4c90-90c5-7e3166eb9de8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).