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Bill	Physicians and surgeons: continuing education: opiate-dependent patient treatment and management.	Existing state law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The board is responsible for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons, and is required by the act to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires all physicians and surgeons to complete a mandatory continuing education course on pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2487	California AB 2487 (20172018)	bill	Physicians and surgeons: continuing education: opiate-dependent patient treatment and management.	enacted	McCarty	9	25	6	2018-02-14	2018-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/b0893298-9ca0-4065-a831-016eb2870e5f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2487	fc824970c27986aef2de778081770cf1040a419afe2fa7faa7b84a6cee42e8ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2487 (20172018) — Physicians and surgeons: continuing education: opiate-dependent patient treatment and management.

Existing state law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The board is responsible for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons, and is required by the act to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires all physicians and surgeons to complete a mandatory continuing education course on pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/26/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/17/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2487 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/24/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2487 McCarty et al. By Stone — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2487 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2487 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 51–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2018-03-05 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-16 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5204.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 5640.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5466.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6507.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0893298-9ca0-4065-a831-016eb2870e5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).