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Bill	Professions and vocations.	(1) Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, which is charged with various licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions related to vocational nursing. Existing law, effective until January 1, 2025, sets forth an approval process for a vocational nursing school or program and authorizes the board to reduce the continuing approval fees, by no more than 12 of the established fee, for a program that experiences a reduction in state funding that directly leads to a reduction in enrollment capacity.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 816	California SB 816 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Professions and vocations	enacted	Roth	8	29	7	2023-02-17	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d021c8fd-14c8-4bba-ba1c-9f11298787e5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB816	e25d199ef70d5eb91335404b3e416aeed5112c1f6c01c6d8a75257c036e06e0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 816 (20232024) — Professions and vocations.

(1) Existing law, the Vocational Nursing Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, which is charged with various licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions related to vocational nursing. Existing law, effective until January 1, 2025, sets forth an approval process for a vocational nursing school or program and authorizes the board to reduce the continuing approval fees, by no more than 12 of the established fee, for a program that experiences a reduction in state funding that directly leads to a reduction in enrollment capacity.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB816 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB816 Roth Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 816 Roth Senate Third Reading By Berman — 59–11 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 8–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-20 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
• 2023-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 854.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 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
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1257.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 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
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 11. Page 3265.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2023-09-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2683.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-09-13 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 2769.) committee-passage
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2839.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 723, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d021c8fd-14c8-4bba-ba1c-9f11298787e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).