---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: driver's licenses: medical examinations."
description: "Existing law requires applicants for an original or renewal certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle to submit a report, on a form approved by the department, of a medical examination of the applicant given not more than 2 years prior to the date of the application by a physician licensed to practice medicine, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse qualified to perform a medical examination, or a licensed physician assistant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 722"
citation: "California AB 722 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: driver's licenses: medical examinations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1881c302-5bd9-4998-a131-4dd2ea8a2287"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722"
source_hash: "cb201c5b991f3060a5f9d8c14667bd5c1da9962d260cfb6976b153604da21090"
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 722 (20132014) — Vehicles: driver's licenses: medical examinations.

Existing law requires applicants for an original or renewal certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle to submit a report, on a form approved by the department, of a medical examination of the applicant given not more than 2 years prior to the date of the application by a physician licensed to practice medicine, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse qualified to perform a medical examination, or a licensed physician assistant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722&version=20130AB72299INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722&version=20130AB72298AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722&version=20130AB72297AMD)
4. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722&version=20130AB72295CHP)
5. **AB722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722)
6. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB722&version=20130AB72296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB722 Lowenthal By Galgiani — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 722 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 722 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 921.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1685.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2468.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 160, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1881c302-5bd9-4998-a131-4dd2ea8a2287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).