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Bill	Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the applicable board to take action against any licensed physician and surgeon who is charged with unprofessional conduct, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2098	California AB 2098 (20212022)	bill	Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct.	enacted	Low	7	24	8	2022-02-14	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/fe4952b4-5bce-4b81-99f0-5707b8d8c14b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2098	6898ef5d13e4225a5525064d22d37248d82ede96c8e01553c61887d305a7676b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2098 (20212022) — Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the applicable board to take action against any licensed physician and surgeon who is charged with unprofessional conduct, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/21/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2098 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 2098 Low Assembly Third Reading — 53–20 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2098 Low et al. By Pan — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• AB 2098 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
• Pan — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5236.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 20.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 938, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe4952b4-5bce-4b81-99f0-5707b8d8c14b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).