republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1071.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including, but not limited to, the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Board of Registered Nursing, the State Board of Optometry, the Respiratory Care Board of California, and the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires or authorizes these boards, with the exception of the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, to appoint an executive director or officer. Under existing law, these provisions will become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and will be repealed on January 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1071"
citation: "California AB 1071 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/265bd178-e75b-4934-b38c-7091256e85ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071"
source_hash: "170dbe94d5b0275d9cade70d6836ac952d16ff02285297ff1cd1feac8e0dfa20"
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 1071 (20092010) — Professions and vocations.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including, but not limited to, the Medical Board of California, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Board of Registered Nursing, the State Board of Optometry, the Respiratory Care Board of California, and the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires or authorizes these boards, with the exception of the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, to appoint an executive director or officer. Under existing law, these provisions will become inoperative on July 1, 2010, and will be repealed on January 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071&version=20090AB107199INT)
2. **09/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071&version=20090AB107198AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071&version=20090AB107196CHP)
4. **AB1071** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071)
5. **09/17/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1071&version=20090AB107197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1071 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1071 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1071 Emmerson By Wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1858.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2213.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3202.)
- **2009-09-09** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3269.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/265bd178-e75b-4934-b38c-7091256e85ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).