--- type: "Bill" title: "Pupil health: credentialed school nurses, registered nurses, and licensed vocational nurses." description: "(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils, and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for that work. Existing law authorizes a school nurse, if authorized by the governing board of the school district, to perform various pupil health care services. Existing law requires a school nurse to be currently licensed as a registered nurse, as provided, and to have met the minimum requirements for a credential in school nursing, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 1722" citation: "California AB 1722 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pupil health", "credentialed school nurses", "registered nurses", "and licensed vocational nurses"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Megan Dahle"] version_count: 8 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2023-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56aac3ee-9f8e-4642-abbb-d18f8df4d5ab" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722" source_hash: "8199019d42068736b94eb5149d79ee273b819522ca734a242888408e0ad525f6" 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 1722 (20232024) — Pupil health: credentialed school nurses, registered nurses, and licensed vocational nurses. (1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils, and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for that work. Existing law authorizes a school nurse, if authorized by the governing board of the school district, to perform various pupil health care services. Existing law requires a school nurse to be currently licensed as a registered nurse, as provided, and to have met the minimum requirements for a credential in school nursing, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172299INT) 2. **03/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172298AMD) 3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172297AMD) 4. **06/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172296AMD) 5. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172295AMD) 6. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172293CHP) 7. **AB1722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722) 8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1722&version=20230AB172294ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent AB1722 Megan Dahle — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1722 Megan Dahle Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1722 Megan Dahle Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Megan Dahle — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2020.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2691.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3564.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56aac3ee-9f8e-4642-abbb-d18f8df4d5ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).