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Bill	Physician assistants: physician supervision: exceptions.	Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of physician assistants. The act authorizes physician assistants to perform medical services as set forth by regulations and the act when those services are rendered pursuant to a practice agreement and under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon. Existing law prohibits a physician and surgeon from supervising more than 4 physician assistants at any one time.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1070	California AB 1070 (20232024)	bill	Physician assistants exceptions physician supervision	enacted	Low	7	26	7	2023-02-15	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9c5185cb-b08d-418f-bdac-c2a04eecdcfb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1070	38f701c0432c271d290c2a29e34573f2becfab824306a12ee95b50823f81a41d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1070 (20232024) — Physician assistants: physician supervision: exceptions.

Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board within the jurisdiction of the Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of physician assistants. The act authorizes physician assistants to perform medical services as set forth by regulations and the act when those services are rendered pursuant to a practice agreement and under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon. Existing law prohibits a physician and surgeon from supervising more than 4 physician assistants at any one time.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1070 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1070 Low Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1070 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1070 Low By Roth — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 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
• 2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1462.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2390.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2023-09-13 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3577.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 827, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c5185cb-b08d-418f-bdac-c2a04eecdcfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).