republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-387.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate only within a medical school itself, in any affiliated institution of the medical school, or in an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical school's or academic medical center's educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines \"academic medical center\" for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements. Among those requirements, existing law requires the facility to train a minimum of 250 resident physicians annually and to be accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 387"
citation: "California SB 387 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physiciansandsurgeons", "academicmedicalcenters", "specialfacultypermits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc4a4d4d-410d-47d4-8143-94d16dabe64b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387"
source_hash: "6ddd7a021c2840ad0774b5f7f15e40bb2a4a8b7c1128bf5c2c61b78a213e9e38"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 387 (20252026) — Physicians and surgeons: special faculty permits: academic medical centers.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate issued by the Medical Board of California. The Medical Practice Act authorizes a person who meets certain eligibility requirements to apply to the board for a special faculty permit, which authorizes the holder to practice medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate only within a medical school itself, in any affiliated institution of the medical school, or in an academic medical center and any affiliated institution in which the permitholder is providing instruction as part of the medical school's or academic medical center's educational program and for which the medical school or academic medical center has assumed direct responsibility. Existing law defines "academic medical center" for these purposes as a facility that meets certain requirements. Among those requirements, existing law requires the facility to train a minimum of 250 resident physicians annually and to be accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387&version=20250SB38799INT)
2. **06/16/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387&version=20250SB38798AMD)
3. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387&version=20250SB38796CHP)
4. **SB387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387)
5. **08/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB387&version=20250SB38797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 387 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2025-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 680.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1462.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 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`
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 752, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc4a4d4d-410d-47d4-8143-94d16dabe64b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).