republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1533.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates."
description: "The Medical Practice Act provides for licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and imposes various requirements in that regard. Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a physician and surgeon to successfully complete a specified medical curriculum, a clinical instruction program, and a training program. Existing law provides that nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall be construed to prohibit a foreign medical graduate from engaging in the practice of medicine whenever and wherever required as part of a clinical service program, subject to certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1533"
citation: "California AB 1533 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-01-23"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f6b432-dd59-4168-b8eb-fc51061ff927"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533"
source_hash: "54f9189c163677f98c3fd0b89d320517e467a3bb7b88b601954f55d12249ef28"
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 1533 (20112012) — Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates.

The Medical Practice Act provides for licensing and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and imposes various requirements in that regard. Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a physician and surgeon to successfully complete a specified medical curriculum, a clinical instruction program, and a training program. Existing law provides that nothing in the Medical Practice Act shall be construed to prohibit a foreign medical graduate from engaging in the practice of medicine whenever and wherever required as part of a clinical service program, subject to certain conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533&version=20110AB153399INT)
2. **03/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533&version=20110AB153398AMD)
3. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533&version=20110AB153396CHP)
4. **AB1533** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533)
5. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1533&version=20110AB153397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1533 MITCHELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4568.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4224.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08f6b432-dd59-4168-b8eb-fc51061ff927`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).