Health care practitioners: licensee's file: probationary physician's and surgeon's certificate: unprofessional conduct.
Existing law requires the Medical Board of California and specified other boards responsible for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of health care practitioners to separately create and maintain a central file of the names of all persons who hold a license, certificate, or similar authority from that board, including prescribed historical information for each licensee. Existing law makes the contents of any central file that are not public records confidential, except that the licensee or their counsel or a representative are authorized to inspect and have copies made of the licensee's complete file other than the disclosure of the identity of an information source. Existing law authorizes a board to protect an information source by providing a copy of the material with only those deletions necessary to protect the identity of the source or by providing a comprehensive summary of the substance of the material.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 425
California SB 425 (20192020)
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Health care practitioners: licensee's file: probationary physician's and surgeon's certificate: unprofessional conduct.
California SB 425 (20192020) — Health care practitioners: licensee's file: probationary physician's and surgeon's certificate: unprofessional conduct.
Existing law requires the Medical Board of California and specified other boards responsible for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of health care practitioners to separately create and maintain a central file of the names of all persons who hold a license, certificate, or similar authority from that board, including prescribed historical information for each licensee. Existing law makes the contents of any central file that are not public records confidential, except that the licensee or their counsel or a representative are authorized to inspect and have copies made of the licensee's complete file other than the disclosure of the identity of an information source. Existing law authorizes a board to protect an information source by providing a copy of the material with only those deletions necessary to protect the identity of the source or by providing a comprehensive summary of the substance of the material.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
SB 425 Hill Senate Third Reading By Gallagher — 79–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 33–5 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB425 Hill Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hill — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2019-03-07 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-26 Set for hearing April 8.
2019-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 599.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-10 Set for hearing April 23.
2019-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 798.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1099.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-05-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 1327.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-10 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3319.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2850.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 849, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/010898c4-ebf5-49b8-9113-d65b41172222. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).