republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2386.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Armed Forces: medical personnel."
description: "Existing federal law authorizes a health care professional, as defined, to practice his or her health profession in any state or territory without licensure by that state if he or she has a current license to practice the health profession and is performing authorized duties for the Department of Defense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2386"
citation: "California AB 2386 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Armed Forces: medical personnel."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8a219d0-e778-4c16-88f8-c8668173a86d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386"
source_hash: "3f866b050d6dd55cb86dcd852e2fbb046c593a86d2a2bf3a4ff9d00c0a8edfe5"
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 2386 (20092010) — Armed Forces: medical personnel.

Existing federal law authorizes a health care professional, as defined, to practice his or her health profession in any state or territory without licensure by that state if he or she has a current license to practice the health profession and is performing authorized duties for the Department of Defense.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238699INT)
2. **04/14/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238698AMD)
3. **05/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238697AMD)
4. **05/28/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238696AMD)
5. **08/17/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238694CHP)
6. **AB2386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386)
7. **08/04/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2386&version=20090AB238695ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #29 AB2386 Gilmore — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2386 GILMORE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2386 GILMORE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Cook — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5155.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4202.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5998.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2010-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8a219d0-e778-4c16-88f8-c8668173a86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).