republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1288.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Board of California and Osteopathic Medical Board of California: licensing: application processing."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and authorizes the board to issue an originating or reciprocal osteopathic physician and surgeon's certificate to an applicant who satisfies specified criteria. Existing law establishes the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, identify specific areas of the state where unmet priority needs for primary care exist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1288"
citation: "California AB 1288 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Board of California and Osteopathic Medical Board of California: licensing: application processing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3235809e-96c5-4e6f-8caa-dbcc4c7d315f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288"
source_hash: "b1327fe0735cee5435f7875df003f9a83d331e7b872a8e5c8f503d6b4a9135f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1288 (20132014) — Medical Board of California and Osteopathic Medical Board of California: licensing: application processing.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and authorizes the board to issue an originating or reciprocal osteopathic physician and surgeon's certificate to an applicant who satisfies specified criteria. Existing law establishes the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, identify specific areas of the state where unmet priority needs for primary care exist.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128899INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128898AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128897AMD)
4. **06/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128896AMD)
5. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128894CHP)
6. **AB1288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288)
7. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1288&version=20130AB128895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1288 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **67–4** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1288 V. Manuel Pérez By Roth — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1288 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 4. Page 1599.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-06** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1696.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 2644.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 307, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3235809e-96c5-4e6f-8caa-dbcc4c7d315f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).