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Bill	Physicians and surgeons.	Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person who is not licensed as a physician and surgeon under the act to use certain words, letters, and phrases or any other terms that imply that he or she is authorized to practice medicine as a physician and surgeon.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 501	California AB 501 (20092010)	bill	Physicians and surgeons.	enacted	Emmerson	7	29	7	2009-02-24	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/bb8a4035-64a6-4cb5-8025-83fcda3d0ea9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB501	5e39d36fbdd1eae01a65783470d4fe45027ee96c093efde3d11035145a7417d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 501 (20092010) — Physicians and surgeons.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person who is not licensed as a physician and surgeon under the act to use certain words, letters, and phrases or any other terms that imply that he or she is authorized to practice medicine as a physician and surgeon.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB501 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 501 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 501 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #14 AB501 Emmerson By Kehoe — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmerson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-03-31 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2009-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2009-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-26 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1666.). reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1725.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2009-06-29 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-07-13 Ordered to third reading.
• 2009-07-13 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-15 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-08-17 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1842.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2657.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-08-27 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
• 2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb8a4035-64a6-4cb5-8025-83fcda3d0ea9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).