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Bill	Nursing.	Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nurses within the Department of Consumer Affairs, until January 1, 2023, for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing, and makes a violation of the act a crime. Existing law grants the power to remove, for cause, a member of any board within the department to the appointing authority that appointed that member. Existing law also grants the Governor the power to remove any member of the board from office for cause, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2684	California AB 2684 (20212022)	bill	Nursing.	enacted	Berman	8	26	8	2022-02-18	2022-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/bb92449c-f4c3-44ae-bbc3-8629be77ad5e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2684	161c5f25441382ef7fcbbe69fae41d95efab7accdd303aaa7220edeba0561f7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2684 (20212022) — Nursing.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nurses within the Department of Consumer Affairs, until January 1, 2023, for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing, and makes a violation of the act a crime. Existing law grants the power to remove, for cause, a member of any board within the department to the appointing authority that appointed that member. Existing law also grants the Governor the power to remove any member of the board from office for cause, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2684 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2684 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2684 Berman et al. By Roth — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2684 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By FLORA — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — coauthor (person)
• Roth — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4945.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 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
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 413, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb92449c-f4c3-44ae-bbc3-8629be77ad5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).