---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 241"
citation: "California AB 241 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kamlager-Dove"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c153df8f-c856-4566-8fe6-3b1657720e91"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241"
source_hash: "322be84ba6c707cc6e775b1e85e2f7e1d6a8d22f1cbfc4820396487282a24edd"
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 241 (20192020) — Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24199INT)
2. **03/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24198AMD)
3. **04/04/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24197AMD)
4. **04/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24196AMD)
5. **06/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24195AMD)
6. **07/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24194AMD)
7. **08/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24193AMD)
8. **10/02/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24191CHP)
9. **AB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241)
10. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241&version=20190AB24192ENR)

## Votes

- AB 241 Kamlager-Dove Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 241 Kamlager-Dove Assembly Third Reading — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB241 Kamlager-Dove et al. By Wiener — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kamlager-Dove — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-11** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 1625.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2460.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 3013.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c153df8f-c856-4566-8fe6-3b1657720e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).