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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates."
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description: "The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and imposes various requirements in that regard. Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a physician and surgeon to successfully complete a specified medical curriculum, a clinical instruction program, and a training program. Existing law provides that nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall be construed to prohibit a foreign medical graduate from engaging in the practice of medicine whenever and wherever required as part of a clinical service program, subject to certain conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2311"
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citation: "California AB 2311 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-02-13"
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last_action: "2018-07-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18cc35d8-d633-4366-b983-d7fb7482f314"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2311"
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source_hash: "034f2adde88243df4d33fe0d8e1397744bfc5256eec7edfc2ae5877eb51ccda6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2311 (20172018) — Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates.
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The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and imposes various requirements in that regard. Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a physician and surgeon to successfully complete a specified medical curriculum, a clinical instruction program, and a training program. Existing law provides that nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall be construed to prohibit a foreign medical graduate from engaging in the practice of medicine whenever and wherever required as part of a clinical service program, subject to certain conditions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2311&version=20170AB231199INT)
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2. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2311&version=20170AB231197CHP)
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3. **AB2311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2311)
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4. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2311&version=20170AB231198ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar AB2311 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2311 ARAMBULA Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Arambula — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5039.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 144, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18cc35d8-d633-4366-b983-d7fb7482f314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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