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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nursing: approved schools."
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description: "Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered nurses by the Board of Registered Nursing. Existing law requires the board to prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing in this state and defines an approved school of nursing as one that, among other requirements, is an institution of higher education or is affiliated with an institution of higher education. For purposes of this provision, existing law specifies that the term \"institution of higher education\" includes community colleges offering an associate degree."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 2344"
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citation: "California AB 2344 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Nursing: approved schools."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2010-02-19"
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last_action: "2010-08-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10437ee5-6408-4281-a4ec-c71d310d0a2e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2344"
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source_hash: "58cb0c832114b4862aa9c9b6c10b5426f0d73f0ce80c0b96eb550df6763fb1ae"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2344 (20092010) — Nursing: approved schools.
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Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of registered nurses by the Board of Registered Nursing. Existing law requires the board to prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing in this state and defines an approved school of nursing as one that, among other requirements, is an institution of higher education or is affiliated with an institution of higher education. For purposes of this provision, existing law specifies that the term "institution of higher education" includes community colleges offering an associate degree.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2344&version=20090AB234499INT)
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2. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2344&version=20090AB234497CHP)
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3. **AB2344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2344)
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4. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2344&version=20090AB234498ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2344 NIELSEN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #30 AB2344 Nielsen — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nielsen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2010-03-25** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5160.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2010-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
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- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
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- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2010.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10437ee5-6408-4281-a4ec-c71d310d0a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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