republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2015.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing schools and programs: faculty members, directors, and assistant directors."
description: "Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of nursing. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law imposes specified duties on the board related to the approval and regulation of schools of nursing and nursing programs whose graduates are eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing. In this regard, existing law requires the executive officer of the board to develop a uniform method for evaluating requests and granting approvals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2015"
citation: "California AB 2015 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing schools and programs", "faculty members", "directors", "and assistant directors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schiavo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c32658e-9e58-48a2-a8ea-117e70d44b62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015"
source_hash: "5264dd04167d58d0ab9264d6a84666186abbb92fab9766ffa9388b172f10a00f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2015 (20232024) — Nursing schools and programs: faculty members, directors, and assistant directors.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing in the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of nursing. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law imposes specified duties on the board related to the approval and regulation of schools of nursing and nursing programs whose graduates are eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing. In this regard, existing law requires the executive officer of the board to develop a uniform method for evaluating requests and granting approvals.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015&version=20230AB201599INT)
2. **04/24/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015&version=20230AB201598AMD)
3. **06/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015&version=20230AB201597AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015&version=20230AB201595CHP)
5. **AB2015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015)
6. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2015&version=20230AB201596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2015 Schiavo By Roth — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2015 Schiavo Assembly Third Reading — **59–9** (pass) · lower
- AB 2015 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schiavo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 9. Page 5314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 5267.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 8. Page 6565.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c32658e-9e58-48a2-a8ea-117e70d44b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).