--- type: "Bill" title: "Respiratory therapy." description: "(1) Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, establishes the Respiratory Care Board of California for the licensure and regulation of respiratory therapy practitioners. Existing law makes a violation of that act a crime and repeals the act on January 1, 2023." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 1436" citation: "California SB 1436 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Respiratory therapy."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roth"] version_count: 7 action_count: 31 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-18" last_action: "2022-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13681553-188d-4a50-9f72-8c714b12923b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436" source_hash: "79aeb20e928b1467630d144d3e5e53941f4215b1d7c5da1c8ccc9bb4c517fb4c" 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 1436 (20212022) — Respiratory therapy. (1) Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, establishes the Respiratory Care Board of California for the licensure and regulation of respiratory therapy practitioners. Existing law makes a violation of that act a crime and repeals the act on January 1, 2023. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143699INT) 2. **04/07/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143698AMD) 3. **04/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143697AMD) 4. **06/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143696AMD) 5. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143694CHP) 6. **SB1436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436) 7. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1436&version=20210SB143695ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1436 Roth Senate Third Reading By Berman — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB1436 — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Roth — primary (person) - Berman — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-22** From printer. - **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-16** Set for hearing April 18. - **2022-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3413.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-04-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9. - **2022-05-09** May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3796.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3876.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-28** Coauthors revised. - **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-08-03** August 3 hearing postponed by committee. - **2022-08-10** August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2022-08-11** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6014.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5342.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 624, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13681553-188d-4a50-9f72-8c714b12923b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).