(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes an administrative law judge, in an order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs or before the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, upon request of the entity bringing the proceeding, to direct a licensee found to have committed a violation of the licensing act to pay a sum that does not exceed the reasonable costs of the investigation and enforcement of the case. Under existing law, the Medical Board of California is prohibited from requesting or obtaining from a physician and surgeon investigation and prosecution costs for a disciplinary proceeding against the licensee.
(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes an administrative law judge, in an order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs or before the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, upon request of the entity bringing the proceeding, to direct a licensee found to have committed a violation of the licensing act to pay a sum that does not exceed the reasonable costs of the investigation and enforcement of the case. Under existing law, the Medical Board of California is prohibited from requesting or obtaining from a physician and surgeon investigation and prosecution costs for a disciplinary proceeding against the licensee.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2021-03-11 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 841.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
2021-04-27 May 3 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-04 May 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2021-05-07 Set for hearing May 17.
2021-05-17 May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-18 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1205.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-28 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 Ordered to second reading.
2021-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1416.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2021-07-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended.
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3126.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2623.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 649, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/116d4913-7c6f-4ed8-b9fb-83d166ec6b05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).