--- type: "Bill" title: "Physicians and surgeons: certificate." description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law requires that a physician and surgeon's certificate be suspended automatically when the holder of the certificate is incarcerated after a felony conviction." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "AB 1267" citation: "California AB 1267 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: certificate."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Halderman"] version_count: 7 action_count: 21 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-08-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df3d5063-eccc-4dbe-9a6a-e2fbbb195545" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267" source_hash: "74255baa9729f0aab65db000264942912ce12ddcbb5a136053850ca563241e37" 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 1267 (20112012) — Physicians and surgeons: certificate. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law requires that a physician and surgeon's certificate be suspended automatically when the holder of the certificate is incarcerated after a felony conviction. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126799INT) 2. **04/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126798AMD) 3. **06/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126797AMD) 4. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126796AMD) 5. **08/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126794CHP) 6. **AB1267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267) 7. **07/13/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1267&version=20110AB126795ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1267 Halderman By Negrete McLeod — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1267 HALDERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1267 HALDERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Halderman — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. - **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1353.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1712.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2011-07-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2247.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-07-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2011-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-08-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df3d5063-eccc-4dbe-9a6a-e2fbbb195545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).