---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary care clinics."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) , to the Licensing and Certification Division within the department for entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee calculations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 297"
citation: "California AB 297 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Primary care clinics."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd6e7de1-e632-450a-9ee5-29b09d2044e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297"
source_hash: "3399e0abb2572d57cf5885d025f0caf294dd53a981e66342965e532a4e6e880d"
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 297 (20132014) — Primary care clinics.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) , to the Licensing and Certification Division within the department for entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee calculations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29799INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29798AMD)
3. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29797AMD)
4. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29796AMD)
5. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29794CHP)
6. **AB297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297)
7. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297&version=20130AB29795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 297 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 297 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB297 Chesbro By DeSaulnier — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1223.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2092.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 583, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd6e7de1-e632-450a-9ee5-29b09d2044e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).