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Bill	Physical Therapy Board of California.	Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, establishes the Physical Therapy Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure, approval, and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the board to enforce and administer the act, and authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1438	California SB 1438 (20212022)	bill	Physical Therapy Board of California.	enacted	Roth	7	33	8	2022-02-18	2022-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3a651d60-5fca-4b75-b1e1-c80017da17da	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1438	201e95d3bdd35d215f3e90aef797762ec678ff45644547daef8a1d368405ad86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1438 (20212022) — Physical Therapy Board of California.

Existing law, the Physical Therapy Practice Act, establishes the Physical Therapy Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure, approval, and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Existing law, until January 1, 2023, requires the board to enforce and administer the act, and authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1438 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1438 Roth Senate Third Reading By Berman — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB1438 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB1438 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-18 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-22 From printer.
• 2022-03-09 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3413.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3797.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3937.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-10 August 10 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6014.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5343.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 509, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a651d60-5fca-4b75-b1e1-c80017da17da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).