---
type: "Bill"
title: "Respiratory care practice."
description: "Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of respiratory therapy by the Respiratory Care Board of California. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 525"
citation: "California SB 525 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Respiratory care practice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d52b4ab-c86e-4a64-ab30-95aa582f6880"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525"
source_hash: "06a9a855ec802678bdebf0cb58e339759908cbda18c106371f668f8b245f8e4c"
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 525 (20152016) — Respiratory care practice.

Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of respiratory therapy by the Respiratory Care Board of California. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525&version=20150SB52599INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525&version=20150SB52598AMD)
3. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525&version=20150SB52597AMD)
4. **09/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525&version=20150SB52595CHP)
5. **SB525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525)
6. **08/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB525&version=20150SB52596ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 525 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 591.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2015-04-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 843.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2433.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2015-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 247, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d52b4ab-c86e-4a64-ab30-95aa582f6880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).