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Bill	Healing arts.	(1) Under existing law, the commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, client, or customer is unprofessional conduct, except that it is not unprofessional conduct when sexual contact is between a physician and surgeon and his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 179	California AB 179 (20152016)	bill	Healing arts.	enacted	Bonilla	9	27	8	2015-01-26	2015-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3ffec66f-95b3-40b1-a094-2cc465901247	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB179	77fcb25e4d5ad126755be9758cf140e709eed98dd53667ceb7ff4763d4297734	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 179 (20152016) — Healing arts.

(1) Under existing law, the commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, client, or customer is unprofessional conduct, except that it is not unprofessional conduct when sexual contact is between a physician and surgeon and his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB179 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 179 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–11 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB179 Bonilla By Hill — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 179 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — 60–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bonilla — primary (person)
• Hill — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
• 2015-02-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 1702.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2703.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 11. Page 3131.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ffec66f-95b3-40b1-a094-2cc465901247. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).