republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-638.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program."
description: "Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 638"
citation: "California AB 638 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cacf7c0-c78d-4ef3-bed8-a78c7a51de18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638"
source_hash: "89def87ed68bb9c3651405d1945e21e0237fce5799fdcd4ed9046d546900a547"
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 AB 638 (20072008) — Student financial aid: California Physician Assistant Loan Assumption Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63899INT)
2. **01/14/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63897AMD)
3. **01/18/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63896AMD)
4. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63898AMD)
5. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63895AMD)
6. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63894AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63892CHP)
8. **AB638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638)
9. **08/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB638&version=20070AB63893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 638 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PORTANTINO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB638 Bass By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 638 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection).
- **2008-01-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3700.)
- **2008-01-14** Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Health).
- **2008-01-14** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 14). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-14** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 4981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-14** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6494.)
- **2008-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6500.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cacf7c0-c78d-4ef3-bed8-a78c7a51de18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).