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Bill	Veterinarians: veterinarian-client-patient relationship.	Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime. The act prohibits any person from practicing veterinary medicine, as defined, without a license.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 669	California SB 669 (20232024)	bill	Veterinarians veterinarian-client-patient relationship	enacted	Cortese	9	27	6	2023-02-16	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/42a3b708-02c4-4e58-851b-25d48fd4edbf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB669	0154497bc7faabf3b562505c49706903fd5660f8a850b0c62801960ffa10903c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 669 (20232024) — Veterinarians: veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime. The act prohibits any person from practicing veterinary medicine, as defined, without a license.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/21/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB669 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 669 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB669 Cortese et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cortese — primary (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 853.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1079.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2802.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 882, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42a3b708-02c4-4e58-851b-25d48fd4edbf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).