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Bill	Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program.	Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 638	California AB 638 (20072008)	bill	Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program.	enacted	Bass	9	39	12	2007-02-21	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/3cacf7c0-c78d-4ef3-bed8-a78c7a51de18	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638	89def87ed68bb9c3651405d1945e21e0237fce5799fdcd4ed9046d546900a547	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 638 (20072008) — Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/14/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/18/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/10/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/12/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB638 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/15/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 638 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PORTANTINO — pass (pass) · lower
• Be referred to Committee on Business and Professions. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB638 Bass By Scott — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 638 BASS Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bass — primary (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Emmerson — coauthor (person)
• Maze — coauthor (person)
• Nakanishi — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2007-03-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2007-03-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services by unanimous consent. referral-committee
• 2007-04-09 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2008-01-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-01-14 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-01-14 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. referral-committee
• 2008-01-14 Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection).
• 2008-01-14 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3700.)
• 2008-01-14 Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Health).
• 2008-01-14 From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 14). committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-01-15 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-01-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-01-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-01-22 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-01-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-01-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3842.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-02-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. referral-committee
• 2008-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-06-24 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2008-06-25 Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-14 Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2008-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-08-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-13 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4981.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-14 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
• 2008-08-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6500.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cacf7c0-c78d-4ef3-bed8-a78c7a51de18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).