Existing law provides for the regulation and licensure of clinics, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, specified types of clinics are exempted from these licensing provisions, including a clinic that is operated by a primary care community or free clinic and that is operated on separate premises from the licensed clinic and is only open for limited services of no more than 30 hours a week.
California AB 2204 (20172018) — Clinics: licensure and regulation: exemption.
Existing law provides for the regulation and licensure of clinics, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, specified types of clinics are exempted from these licensing provisions, including a clinic that is operated by a primary care community or free clinic and that is operated on separate premises from the licensed clinic and is only open for limited services of no more than 30 hours a week.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2204 GRAY Consent Calendar Second Day — 68–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2204 Gray et al. By Portantino — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gray — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Obernolte — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Wood — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-03-21 Coauthors revised.
2018-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-03-27 Introduced measure version corrected. introduction
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4645.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-04-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2018-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5629.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95499725-0ab1-484b-ab35-780289999a7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).