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Bill	Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.	Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 241	California AB 241 (20192020)	bill	Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.	enacted	Kamlager-Dove	10	31	6	2019-01-18	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c153df8f-c856-4566-8fe6-3b1657720e91	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB241	322be84ba6c707cc6e775b1e85e2f7e1d6a8d22f1cbfc4820396487282a24edd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 241 (20192020) — Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/04/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/30/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/01/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB241 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 241 Kamlager-Dove Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 241 Kamlager-Dove Assembly Third Reading — 64–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB241 Kamlager-Dove et al. By Wiener — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kamlager-Dove — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-01-22 From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-11 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 1625.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-06-17 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-01 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2460.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 3013.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c153df8f-c856-4566-8fe6-3b1657720e91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).