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Bill	Professions and vocations: public health nurses.	Existing law requires the payment of a nonrefundable fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation of their qualifications to use the title of "public health nurse." Existing law additionally specifies a fee for renewal of the certification to practice as a public health nurse and imposes a penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate to practice as a public health nurse within the prescribed time of 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of renewal of the certificate, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2471	California AB 2471 (20232024)	bill	Professions and vocations public health nurses	enacted	Jim Patterson	6	28	8	2024-02-13	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/3f7ad66b-02a1-4315-98fe-13e15a39d2b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471	fd8f57976bdb7c6df4b18448049ac3cc9088cae2d4c20908a8cfd1d1e45f1476	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2471 (20232024) — Professions and vocations: public health nurses.

Existing law requires the payment of a nonrefundable fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation of their qualifications to use the title of "public health nurse." Existing law additionally specifies a fee for renewal of the certification to practice as a public health nurse and imposes a penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate to practice as a public health nurse within the prescribed time of 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of renewal of the certificate, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/28/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2471 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2471 Jim Patterson et al. By Niello — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2471 Jim Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2471 Jim Patterson Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Patterson — primary (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)
• Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5479.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-28 From special consent calendar by Senator Niello
• 2024-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-28 Joint Rule 61 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f7ad66b-02a1-4315-98fe-13e15a39d2b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).