Existing law provides that there shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, specified health related professional societies and members of a duly appointed committee of a medical specialty society, or any member of a duly appointed committee of a state or local health related professional society, or duly appointed member of a committee of a professional staff of a licensed hospital for act performed within the scope of the functions of peer review, as provided.
California AB 1730 (20092010) — Personal rights: monetary liability.
Existing law provides that there shall be no monetary liability on the part of, and no cause of action for damages shall arise against, specified health related professional societies and members of a duly appointed committee of a medical specialty society, or any member of a duly appointed committee of a state or local health related professional society, or duly appointed member of a committee of a professional staff of a licensed hospital for act performed within the scope of the functions of peer review, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent #28 AB1730 Emmerson — pass (pass) · upper
AB 1730 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Emmerson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2010-02-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2010-03-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2010-03-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2010-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2010-03-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-03-24 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2010-04-05 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4452.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-04-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-04-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2010-06-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-06-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-06-23 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2010-06-28 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4101.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-06-28 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2010-07-06 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2010-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 82, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b705d712-d7d5-4757-bf2d-65cb20ba524f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).