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Bill Midwife assistants. The Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 provides for the licensing and regulation of midwives by the Medical Board of California. The license to practice midwifery authorizes the holder to attend cases of normal childbirth and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including family planning care, for the mother, and immediate care for the newborn. The Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 requires a midwife to refer to a physician and surgeon under prescribed circumstances. A violation of the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 is a crime. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 SB 408 California SB 408 (20152016)
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California SB 408 (20152016) — Midwife assistants.

The Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 provides for the licensing and regulation of midwives by the Medical Board of California. The license to practice midwifery authorizes the holder to attend cases of normal childbirth and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including family planning care, for the mother, and immediate care for the newborn. The Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 requires a midwife to refer to a physician and surgeon under prescribed circumstances. A violation of the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993 is a crime.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/06/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB408 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/24/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • SB 408 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Morrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
  • 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2015-03-18 Set for hearing April 6.
  • 2015-04-06 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
  • 2015-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 506.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 20.
  • 2015-04-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2015-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-06 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-05-06 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 951.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2015-05-22 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 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
  • 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2534.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-08-20 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2015-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  • 2015-09-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-09-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 280, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eabe6da1-02e8-4acd-8e8d-7a1e48bfe4e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).