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Bill	Practice of medicine: cosmetic surgery: employment of physicians and surgeons.	Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs, which licenses physicians and surgeons and regulates their practice.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1548	California AB 1548 (20112012)	bill	Practice of medicine: cosmetic surgery: employment of physicians and surgeons.	enacted	Carter	5	20	5	2012-01-25	2012-07-17	openstates	ocd-bill/8be37434-6c89-442b-b3de-949d902fec27	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1548	b38c8e66551e72c273a69cde433518e10cb32c090e77c1e5d8d1be0c0dea757e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1548 (20112012) — Practice of medicine: cosmetic surgery: employment of physicians and surgeons.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs, which licenses physicians and surgeons and regulates their practice.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/17/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1548 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1548 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #14 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carter — primary (person)
• Bill Berryhill — coauthor (person)
• Correa — coauthor (person)
• Emmerson — coauthor (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)
• Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
• Wyland — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 2012-02-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4568.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-06-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4224.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-07-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-07-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
• 2012-07-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-07-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 140, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8be37434-6c89-442b-b3de-949d902fec27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).