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Bill	Continuing medical education: physicians and surgeons.	Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 470	California AB 470 (20232024)	bill	Continuing medical education physicians and surgeons	enacted	Valencia	5	20	5	2023-02-06	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c28673d1-46f3-429c-8a71-a57de9571d5b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB470	0db0e3a10626d88fd5c3c07967cfe083f9397f5ef7eeefb293386a6fc211653b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 470 (20232024) — Continuing medical education: physicians and surgeons.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB470 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB470 Valencia et al. By Gonzalez — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 470 Valencia Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Valencia — primary (person)
• Bains — coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 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
• 2023-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 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 13. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2354.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c28673d1-46f3-429c-8a71-a57de9571d5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).