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Bill	Healing Arts.	(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the board to issue a license to an applicant who meets specified qualifications and requirements, including successfully completing a medical curriculum, as specified, in a medical school or schools located in the United States or Canada approved by the board, or in a medical school located outside the United States or Canada that otherwise meets specified requirements. Existing law requires the board to issue a license to an applicant who, among other things, (A) holds an unlimited license as a physician and surgeon in another state or states or a Canadian province or provinces, (B) has held an unrestricted license to practice medicine for at least 4 years, (C) has passed a written examination recognized by the board to be equivalent in context to that administered in California, (D) the board has determined has (i) not had disciplinary action taken against him or her, (ii) not been the subject of an adverse judgment or settlement, and (iii) has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a certificate, in each case, as specified, (E) has completed specified postgraduate training, and (F) is board certified in a specialty, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 122	California SB 122 (20112012)	bill appropriation	Healing Arts.	enacted	Price	10	44	10	2011-01-24	2012-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/d0526a6f-ffa0-461e-ba2b-f4cba495167c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB122	9149e61f9f195b8ce74c33a22d2fb640fccf5be0d3e25f280549e49709a2f375	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 122 (20112012) — Healing Arts.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the board to issue a license to an applicant who meets specified qualifications and requirements, including successfully completing a medical curriculum, as specified, in a medical school or schools located in the United States or Canada approved by the board, or in a medical school located outside the United States or Canada that otherwise meets specified requirements. Existing law requires the board to issue a license to an applicant who, among other things, (A) holds an unlimited license as a physician and surgeon in another state or states or a Canadian province or provinces, (B) has held an unrestricted license to practice medicine for at least 4 years, (C) has passed a written examination recognized by the board to be equivalent in context to that administered in California, (D) the board has determined has (i) not had disciplinary action taken against him or her, (ii) not been the subject of an adverse judgment or settlement, and (iii) has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a certificate, in each case, as specified, (E) has completed specified postgraduate training, and (F) is board certified in a specialty, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/24/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/04/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/10/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/21/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB122 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 122 Price Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — 67–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 30–6 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB122 Price Concurrence — 33–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Price — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-01-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-01-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
• 2011-02-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-03-23 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2011-04-05 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-06 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2011-04-25 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-26 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2011-05-02 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-01-04 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-04 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-01-05 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-01-05 Set for hearing January 9.
• 2012-01-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2622.) (January 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-01-12 Set for hearing January 17.
• 2012-01-17 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2012-01-19 Set for hearing February 19.
• 2012-01-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2685.) (January 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-01-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2717.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-01-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-04-12 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 (Corrected June 14.)
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 6348.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2012-08-29 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4923.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2012-08-30 Set for hearing August 30.
• 2012-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5042.) committee-passage
• 2012-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 5098.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 789, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0526a6f-ffa0-461e-ba2b-f4cba495167c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).