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Bill	Veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians.	Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, provides for the licensure and registration of veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians, and the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Veterinary Medical Board, which consists of 7 members, 3 of whom are public members and 4 of whom are licensed veterinarians. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint the 4 licensed veterinarians and the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint a public member. Existing law requires the board to ascertain, by means of examination, the professional qualifications of applicants for licensure to practice veterinary medicine and to issue a license to every person whom it finds to be qualified. Existing law requires that the examination consist of a licensing examination administered on a national basis, a state board examination, and an examination concerning the statutes and regulations of the act administered by the board. Existing law requires that the complete examination be given at least once each year. Existing law requires the board to waive the examination requirement and issue a temporary license valid for one year to an applicant under the supervision of another California-licensed veterinarian under specified conditions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 107	California AB 107 (20092010)	bill appropriation	Veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians.	enacted	Galgiani	5	20	7	2009-01-12	2009-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d01f6890-1649-4678-94a6-0d7edc2b5860	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB107	a5a25d1821c24593c9dee303933ad5dbf2f93562aea9024929ae713a0b609b77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 107 (20092010) — Veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians.

Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, provides for the licensure and registration of veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians, and the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Veterinary Medical Board, which consists of 7 members, 3 of whom are public members and 4 of whom are licensed veterinarians. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint the 4 licensed veterinarians and the Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly to each appoint a public member. Existing law requires the board to ascertain, by means of examination, the professional qualifications of applicants for licensure to practice veterinary medicine and to issue a license to every person whom it finds to be qualified. Existing law requires that the examination consist of a licensing examination administered on a national basis, a state board examination, and an examination concerning the statutes and regulations of the act administered by the board. Existing law requires that the complete examination be given at least once each year. Existing law requires the board to waive the examination requirement and issue a temporary license valid for one year to an applicant under the supervision of another California-licensed veterinarian under specified conditions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB107 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 107 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #12 AB107 Galgiani By Cox — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 107 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Galgiani — primary (person)
• Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
• Conway — author (person)
• Cox — coauthor (person)
• Gilmore — coauthor (person)
• Jeffries — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
• 2009-02-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-03-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 821.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2009-06-01 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. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2009-06-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1668.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-07-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2469.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d01f6890-1649-4678-94a6-0d7edc2b5860. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).