republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-337.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician assistants."
description: "Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, provides for regulation of physician assistants and authorizes a physician assistant to perform medical services as set forth by regulations when those services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, as specified. The act requires the supervising physician and surgeon to review, countersign, and date a sample consisting of, at a minimum, 5% of the medical records of patients treated by the physician assistant functioning under adopted protocols within 30 days of the date of treatment by the physician assistant. The act requires the supervising physician and surgeon to select for review those cases that by diagnosis, problem, treatment, or procedure represent, in his or her judgment, the most significant risk to the patient. A violation of those supervision requirements is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "California SB 337 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physician assistants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/537aa343-996a-4286-ac71-4c28126dacc6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337"
source_hash: "ff5f0c73f6bb5fd940bb61076e0e78fd11334349b396c5df2d1dda508a3d623d"
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 SB 337 (20152016) — Physician assistants.

Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, provides for regulation of physician assistants and authorizes a physician assistant to perform medical services as set forth by regulations when those services are rendered under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, as specified. The act requires the supervising physician and surgeon to review, countersign, and date a sample consisting of, at a minimum, 5% of the medical records of patients treated by the physician assistant functioning under adopted protocols within 30 days of the date of treatment by the physician assistant. The act requires the supervising physician and surgeon to select for review those cases that by diagnosis, problem, treatment, or procedure represent, in his or her judgment, the most significant risk to the patient. A violation of those supervision requirements is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33799INT)
2. **04/13/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33798AMD)
3. **06/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33797AMD)
4. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33796AMD)
5. **10/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33794CHP)
6. **SB337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337)
7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB337&version=20150SB33795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB337 Pavley Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 337 Pavley Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 337 Pavley Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 699.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1096.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2432.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-17** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2015-08-18** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2015-08-31** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2851.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2497.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 536, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/537aa343-996a-4286-ac71-4c28126dacc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).