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Bill	Civil damages: medical malpractice.	Existing law, referred to as the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) , prohibits an attorney from contracting for or collecting a contingency fee for representing any person seeking damages in connection with an action for injury or damage against a health care provider based upon alleged professional negligence in excess of specified limits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 35	California AB 35 (20212022)	bill	Civil damages: medical malpractice.	enacted	Reyes	9	33	8	2020-12-07	2022-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/bb930d9c-86dc-4438-93bb-b69a13d000f8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB35	d6e1637b603103a2d20870a3b5e525e5e5bde58ef8057c99c4d731e519f5782e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 35 (20212022) — Civil damages: medical malpractice.

Existing law, referred to as the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) , prohibits an attorney from contracting for or collecting a contingency fee for representing any person seeking damages in connection with an action for injury or damage against a health care provider based upon alleged professional negligence in excess of specified limits.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/23/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. AB35 (committee substitute) — source
9. 05/13/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading AB35 Reyes et al. By Umberg — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 35 Chau Assembly Third Reading — 59–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 35 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Reyes — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Cunningham — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Holden — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Irwin — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Kamlager — coauthor (person)
• Laird — principal coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Stone — principal coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — author (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2021-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1715.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-27 Senate Rule 26 invoked. (Reyes).
• 2022-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-05 Senate Rules suspended
• 2022-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 3616.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-05-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-05-09 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4600.)
• 2022-05-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage
• 2022-05-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-05-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-05-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb930d9c-86dc-4438-93bb-b69a13d000f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).