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Bill	Naturopathic Doctors Act: California Board of Naturopathic Medicine and licensing requirements.	Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, establishes the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2023.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2685	California AB 2685 (20212022)	bill	Naturopathic Doctors Act: California Board of Naturopathic Medicine and licensing requirements.	enacted	Committee on Business and Professions	6	25	8	2022-02-18	2022-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/ee9b9987-d9f9-4dcc-b1c5-4cbda4b1424c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2685	088125b5670ece83e94bf2c49a2b1c61e5b42a966d3cdd35f94961424384addc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2685 (20212022) — Naturopathic Doctors Act: California Board of Naturopathic Medicine and licensing requirements.

Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, establishes the Naturopathic Medicine Committee within the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors. Existing law repeals the act on January 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/18/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2685 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2685 B. & P. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2685 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By FLORA — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB2685 B. & P. — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Business and Professions — primary (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: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5022.) 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 Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 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 12. Noes 0.) (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: 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
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4988.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
• 2022-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. 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 414, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee9b9987-d9f9-4dcc-b1c5-4cbda4b1424c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).