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Bill	Healing arts licensees: probation status: disclosure.	Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of physicians and surgeons. Existing law establishes the California Board of Podiatric Medicine within the Medical Board of California for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of podiatrists. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensing and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons and requires the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to enforce specified provisions of the Medical Practice Act with respect to its licensees. Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, establishes the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensing and regulation of naturopathic doctors. Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, establishes the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for the licensing and regulation of chiropractors. Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the Acupuncture Board for the licensing and regulation of acupuncturists. Existing law authorizes each of these regulatory entities to discipline its licensee by placing her or him on probation, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1448	California SB 1448 (20172018)	bill	Healing arts licensees: probation status: disclosure.	enacted	Hill	8	28	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/54e6045d-5db0-4bc8-9090-2bf645c94388	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1448	f630ba5b4109c35a3b8995aa4a721d3432a168c39cf3c60e8161e5d3d2e0b8bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1448 (20172018) — Healing arts licensees: probation status: disclosure.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of physicians and surgeons. Existing law establishes the California Board of Podiatric Medicine within the Medical Board of California for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of podiatrists. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensing and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons and requires the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to enforce specified provisions of the Medical Practice Act with respect to its licensees. Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, establishes the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensing and regulation of naturopathic doctors. Existing law, the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, establishes the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for the licensing and regulation of chiropractors. Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the Acupuncture Board for the licensing and regulation of acupuncturists. Existing law authorizes each of these regulatory entities to discipline its licensee by placing her or him on probation, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1448 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1448 Hill Senate Third Reading By LOW — 69–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1448 Hill et al. Concurrence — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 29–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Low — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-10 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4783.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
• 2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4311.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 4386.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 6176.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 570, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54e6045d-5db0-4bc8-9090-2bf645c94388. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).