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Bill	Physician assistants and podiatrists.	(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Podiatric Medical Board of California to license and regulate podiatrists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing those boards on January 1, 2026, and specifies the repeal of those provisions renders those boards subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1501	California AB 1501 (20252026)	bill	Physicianassistantsandpodiatrists	enacted	Berman	9	26	8	2025-02-24	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/df408806-c33b-4dac-9ee8-06dd21f66ed0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1501	2214b499faeb921aacd6d8ca84c65edf19c7aa85f613f7907b7f039796a55afc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1501 (20252026) — Physician assistants and podiatrists.

(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Podiatric Medical Board of California to license and regulate podiatrists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing those boards on January 1, 2026, and specifies the repeal of those provisions renders those boards subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/30/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1501 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1501 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1501 Berman By Ashby — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1501 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 75–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1892.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 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
• 2025-06-26 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
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2701.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3241.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 194, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df408806-c33b-4dac-9ee8-06dd21f66ed0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).