Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico programs.
Existing law, the Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, allows up to 30 licensed physicians and up to 30 licensed dentists from Mexico to practice medicine or dentistry in California for a period not to exceed 3 years, in accordance with certain requirements. Existing law requires the Medical Board of California and the Dental Board of California to provide oversight pursuant to these provisions. Existing law requires appropriate funding to be secured from nonprofit philanthropic entities before implementation of the pilot program may proceed.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 2860
California AB 2860 (20232024)
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Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico programs
California AB 2860 (20232024) — Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico programs.
Existing law, the Licensed Physicians and Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, allows up to 30 licensed physicians and up to 30 licensed dentists from Mexico to practice medicine or dentistry in California for a period not to exceed 3 years, in accordance with certain requirements. Existing law requires the Medical Board of California and the Dental Board of California to provide oversight pursuant to these provisions. Existing law requires appropriate funding to be secured from nonprofit philanthropic entities before implementation of the pilot program may proceed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2860 Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2860 Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2860 Garcia et al. By Hurtado — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Garcia — primary (person)
Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
Archuleta — coauthor (person)
Bains — coauthor (person)
Durazo — coauthor (person)
Hurtado — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Soria — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2024-04-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-03 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-22 From Consent Calendar.
2024-04-22 Ordered to third reading.
2024-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5077.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-15 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
2024-05-29 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
2024-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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
2024-06-18 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
2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e253e6b6-c7ac-40e2-9ab3-93adb18aa70c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).