republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-297.md

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Bill	Primary care clinics.	Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) , to the Licensing and Certification Division within the department for entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee calculations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 297	California AB 297 (20132014)	bill	Primary care clinics.	enacted	Chesbro	7	21	5	2013-02-11	2013-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/bd6e7de1-e632-450a-9ee5-29b09d2044e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB297	3399e0abb2572d57cf5885d025f0caf294dd53a981e66342965e532a4e6e880d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 297 (20132014) — Primary care clinics.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from the Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) , to the Licensing and Certification Division within the department for entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee calculations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/11/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/05/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB297 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 297 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 297 CHESBRO Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB297 Chesbro By DeSaulnier — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chesbro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2013-03-19 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 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
• 2013-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1223.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-15 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2013-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2092.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2905.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 583, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd6e7de1-e632-450a-9ee5-29b09d2044e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).