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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 requires the board to post certain information on the Internet regarding licensed physicians and surgeons, including, but not limited to, felony convictions, certain misdemeanor convictions, and whether or not a licensee is in good standing. Existing law requires that specified information remain posted for 10 years and prohibits the removal of certain other information.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 536	California AB 536 (20112012)	bill	Physicians and surgeons.	enacted	Ma	7	25	6	2011-02-16	2011-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/b8e22e75-742d-46cf-9c19-341ed619f1b3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB536	fbee9564f4d1d86febf999bae1ca786f9231b8636a7882629b7ebc4c8fac9e3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 536 (20112012) — 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 requires the board to post certain information on the Internet regarding licensed physicians and surgeons, including, but not limited to, felony convictions, certain misdemeanor convictions, and whether or not a licensee is in good standing. Existing law requires that specified information remain posted for 10 years and prohibits the removal of certain other information.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/07/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB536 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/09/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB536 Ma By Vargas — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 536 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 536 MA Assembly Third Reading — 66–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ma — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2011-03-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-03-07 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
• 2011-03-08 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-04-11 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
• 2011-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 6. Page 1350.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-06-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-06-14 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2187.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2907.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2011-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8e22e75-742d-46cf-9c19-341ed619f1b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).