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Bill	Dentists and podiatrists: clinical laboratories and vaccines.	Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of podiatrists by the Podiatric Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the certificate to practice podiatric medicine authorizes the holder to practice podiatric medicine and defines "podiatric medicine" to mean the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 526	California AB 526 (20212022)	bill	Dentists and podiatrists: clinical laboratories and vaccines.	enacted	Wood	7	24	6	2021-02-10	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/03184bf4-ef97-44cf-bbe7-f9574c3fb3eb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB526	6901e40319bb9332a165733b84898e31452c3a51fd8eb5f588463a1f5b6332c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 526 (20212022) — Dentists and podiatrists: clinical laboratories and vaccines.

Existing law provides for the certification and regulation of podiatrists by the Podiatric Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the certificate to practice podiatric medicine authorizes the holder to practice podiatric medicine and defines "podiatric medicine" to mean the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, and electrical treatment of the human foot, including the ankle and tendons that insert into the foot and the nonsurgical treatment of the muscles and tendons of the leg governing the functions of the foot.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB526 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 526 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB526 Wood By Eggman Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 526 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-06 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1336.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2021-05-25 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
• 2021-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2459.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
• 2021-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2904.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 653, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03184bf4-ef97-44cf-bbe7-f9574c3fb3eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).