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Bill	Veterinary medicine: veterinarian-client-patient relationship: telehealth.	Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Existing law specifies that a violation of the act is a crime. The act prohibits any person from practicing veterinary medicine, as defined, without a license. The act authorizes the board to deny, revoke, or suspend a license or registration or assess a fine for, among other things, violation of a regulation adopted by the board and unprofessional conduct, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1399	California AB 1399 (20232024)	bill	Veterinary medicine telehealth veterinarian-client-patient relationship	enacted	Friedman	11	30	8	2023-02-17	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/453ea31d-b3c6-4029-9b5b-1545f6a7ced9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1399	e7b2bea36d6129a56466d0372ed7ae909556e49a323cf6d3ca4162f789c521c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1399 (20232024) — Veterinary medicine: veterinarian-client-patient relationship: telehealth.

Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Existing law specifies that a violation of the act is a crime. The act prohibits any person from practicing veterinary medicine, as defined, without a license. The act authorizes the board to deny, revoke, or suspend a license or registration or assess a fine for, among other things, violation of a regulation adopted by the board and unprofessional conduct, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/19/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1399 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1399 Friedman et al. By Archuleta — 36–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 1399 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1399 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — author (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-16 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 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
• 2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1741.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1957.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. 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 B., P. & E. D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2588.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3304.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/453ea31d-b3c6-4029-9b5b-1545f6a7ced9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).