republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2745.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: licensing and certification."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes an applicant for a physician's and surgeon's license who is otherwise eligible for a license but is unable to practice some aspects of medicine safely due to a disability to receive a limited license if the applicant pays the license fee and signs an agreement agreeing to limit his or her practice in the manner prescribed by the reviewing physician and agreed to by the board. Existing law makes any person who knowingly provides false information in this agreement subject to any sanctions available to the board. Existing law authorizes the board to require the applicant to obtain an independent clinical evaluation of his or her ability to practice medicine safely as a condition of receiving the limited license. Violation of specified provisions of the act is a crime. Existing law establishes the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California, a continuously appropriated fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2745"
citation: "California AB 2745 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: licensing and certification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0864cd7e-767b-414c-a606-6790fddd1196"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745"
source_hash: "469162f6d9a7f78d563ac5afecdc466621335d48e86d82b4bec6a79ad30c9f4d"
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 2745 (20152016) — Healing arts: licensing and certification.

(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes an applicant for a physician's and surgeon's license who is otherwise eligible for a license but is unable to practice some aspects of medicine safely due to a disability to receive a limited license if the applicant pays the license fee and signs an agreement agreeing to limit his or her practice in the manner prescribed by the reviewing physician and agreed to by the board. Existing law makes any person who knowingly provides false information in this agreement subject to any sanctions available to the board. Existing law authorizes the board to require the applicant to obtain an independent clinical evaluation of his or her ability to practice medicine safely as a condition of receiving the limited license. Violation of specified provisions of the act is a crime. Existing law establishes the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California, a continuously appropriated fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745&version=20150AB274599INT)
2. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745&version=20150AB274598AMD)
3. **04/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745&version=20150AB274597AMD)
4. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745&version=20150AB274595CHP)
5. **AB2745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745)
6. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2745&version=20150AB274596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2745 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2745 Holden By Hill — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** 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`
- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4789.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4967.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0864cd7e-767b-414c-a606-6790fddd1196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).