republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2214.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency room physicians and surgeons: continuing medical education: geriatric care."
description: "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 Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California to establish continuing education requirements for physicians and surgeons. Existing law abolishes the division, provides for the board to handle the responsibilities of the division, and deems a reference to the division to refer to the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2214"
citation: "California AB 2214 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency room physicians and surgeons: continuing medical education: geriatric care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b21e62-f8d0-47a6-9ca7-6bab796d7c17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214"
source_hash: "178b1698446633fce4df1ac1429ff655110c6c53f4fe0c657d2e5bf4841cf3d6"
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 2214 (20132014) — Emergency room physicians and surgeons: continuing medical education: geriatric care.

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 Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California to establish continuing education requirements for physicians and surgeons. Existing law abolishes the division, provides for the board to handle the responsibilities of the division, and deems a reference to the division to refer to the board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214&version=20130AB221499INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214&version=20130AB221498AMD)
3. **06/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214&version=20130AB221497AMD)
4. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214&version=20130AB221495CHP)
5. **AB2214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214)
6. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2214&version=20130AB221496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2214 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2214 FOX Assembly Third Reading — **60–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2214 Fox By Torres — **30–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 5014.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4421.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 6088.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 422, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b21e62-f8d0-47a6-9ca7-6bab796d7c17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).