---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures: applicants."
description: "Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures: applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2445"
citation: "California AB 2445 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures: applicants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eca99b9-29db-492d-bd51-3eecac6db0f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445"
source_hash: "db5f28bf318c66b004649842b435f8b992852995f2be1ba60ca545620355ffad"
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 2445 (20072008) — Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures: applicants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445&version=20070AB244599INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445&version=20070AB244598AMD)
3. **06/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445&version=20070AB244597AMD)
4. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445&version=20070AB244595CHP)
5. **AB2445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445)
6. **07/16/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2445&version=20070AB244596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2445 Nakanishi By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2445 NAKANISHI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2445 NAKANISHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakanishi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2008-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** 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-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4843.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** 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 Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 4702.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6120.)
- **2008-07-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6132.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5eca99b9-29db-492d-bd51-3eecac6db0f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).