---
type: "Bill"
title: "Antimicrobial stewardship: education and policies."
description: "Under the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, the Veterinary Medical Board licenses veterinarians and regulates the practice of veterinary medicine. The act requires an applicant for a renewal license to complete 36 hours of continuing education in the preceding 2 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "California SB 361 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Antimicrobial stewardship: education and policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f0bda76-8fb1-4693-9b56-d8d22feabdbd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361"
source_hash: "31dff4c17cff9b468decd71cf60a5f986d9e56fdd9911c2169aa20f727b9520e"
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 SB 361 (20152016) — Antimicrobial stewardship: education and policies.

Under the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, the Veterinary Medical Board licenses veterinarians and regulates the practice of veterinary medicine. The act requires an applicant for a renewal license to complete 36 hours of continuing education in the preceding 2 years.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36199INT)
2. **04/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36198AMD)
3. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36197AMD)
4. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36196AMD)
5. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36195AMD)
6. **08/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36194AMD)
7. **10/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36192CHP)
8. **SB361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361)
9. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB361&version=20150SB36193ENR)

## Votes

- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 361 Hill Third Reading Urgency By WALDRON — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB361 Hill Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2015-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 545.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2015-04-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 839.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-09** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Cristina Garcia.
- **2015-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2686.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2416.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f0bda76-8fb1-4693-9b56-d8d22feabdbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).