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type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Standards: Naturopathic Doctors Act: Respiratory Care Practice Act."
description: "(1) The Department of Consumer Affairs is comprised of healing arts boards that are responsible for the licensure and regulation of healing arts licensees. Under existing law, the Substance Abuse Coordination Committee is created within the department and the committee is required to formulate uniform and specific standards in specified areas that each healing arts board is required to use in dealing with substance-abusing licensees. Existing law, by January 1, 2010, requires the committee to formulate uniform and specific standards in specified areas, including standards governing all aspects of required testing, that each healing arts board is required to use in dealing with substance-abusing licensees, whether or not a board chooses to have a formal diversion program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 796"
citation: "California SB 796 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Standards: Naturopathic Doctors Act: Respiratory Care Practice Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68726ba6-32aa-4657-abac-bb9117b24bf9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796"
source_hash: "3052fd9f31d457a9e3fe35045da9db189e23cace9b6794daca3d70eb2fc378e3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 796 (20172018) — Uniform Standards: Naturopathic Doctors Act: Respiratory Care Practice Act.
(1) The Department of Consumer Affairs is comprised of healing arts boards that are responsible for the licensure and regulation of healing arts licensees. Under existing law, the Substance Abuse Coordination Committee is created within the department and the committee is required to formulate uniform and specific standards in specified areas that each healing arts board is required to use in dealing with substance-abusing licensees. Existing law, by January 1, 2010, requires the committee to formulate uniform and specific standards in specified areas, including standards governing all aspects of required testing, that each healing arts board is required to use in dealing with substance-abusing licensees, whether or not a board chooses to have a formal diversion program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79699INT)
2. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79698AMD)
3. **05/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79697AMD)
4. **07/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79696AMD)
5. **07/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79695AMD)
6. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79694AMD)
7. **10/08/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79692CHP)
8. **SB796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796)
9. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB796&version=20170SB79693ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 796 Hill Senate Third Reading By LOW — **761** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB796 Hill Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hill — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-17** 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`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
- **2017-05-15** May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-26** Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1336.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03** 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`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3259.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 600, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68726ba6-32aa-4657-abac-bb9117b24bf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).