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Bill	Veterinary medicine.	(1) 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 and makes a violation of the act a crime. Under existing law, the board consists of 7 members, 3 of whom are public members and 4 of whom are licensed veterinarians. Existing law makes the provisions establishing the board, and authorizing the board to appoint an executive officer, inoperative as of July 1, 2011, and repealed as of January 1, 2012.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1980	California AB 1980 (20092010)	bill	Veterinary medicine.	enacted	Hayashi	8	28	6	2010-02-17	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/855ab7d4-aa03-4870-911f-eef57d66c32d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1980	fa12d9db166f7c2d38733293c5a3807315789581cd665979e6cb70eb4bbcfe76	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1980 (20092010) — Veterinary medicine.

(1) 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 and makes a violation of the act a crime. Under existing law, the board consists of 7 members, 3 of whom are public members and 4 of whom are licensed veterinarians. Existing law makes the provisions establishing the board, and authorizing the board to appoint an executive officer, inoperative as of July 1, 2011, and repealed as of January 1, 2012.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/28/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/07/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/10/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1980 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1980 Hayashi By Negrete McLeod — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1980 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1980 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hayashi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2010-03-04 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2010-04-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2010-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5043.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-05-20 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2010-06-07 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
• 2010-06-28 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-04 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2010-08-09 From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
• 2010-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2010-08-10 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4485.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-16 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2010-08-24 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 24). committee-passage
• 2010-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6641.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 538, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/855ab7d4-aa03-4870-911f-eef57d66c32d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).