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Bill	Nursing: licensure: retired licenses.	Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of nurses by the Board of Registered Nursing in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a licensee under the act to apply for renewal of their license every 2 years and allows an inactive license to be reactivated, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 633	California AB 633 (20232024)	bill	Nursing licensure retired licenses	enacted	Jim Patterson	5	26	9	2023-02-09	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/74115472-1f5a-451c-9058-ab8bef6a78f1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB633	a7eabbe56b1336f19e93cb0ac3a5dcf93e0ea1a2edbce70709b936677943526e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 633 (20232024) — Nursing: licensure: retired licenses.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of nurses by the Board of Registered Nursing in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a licensee under the act to apply for renewal of their license every 2 years and allows an inactive license to be reactivated, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB633 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 633 Jim Patterson Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 633 Jim Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB633 Jim Patterson By Nguyen — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jim Patterson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 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 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2063.) 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
• 2023-06-14 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
• 2023-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2686.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2023-09-13 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2023-09-13 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3531.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74115472-1f5a-451c-9058-ab8bef6a78f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).