republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-655.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: peer review."
description: "Existing law provides for the professional review of specified healing arts licentiates through a peer review process conducted by peer review bodies, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 655"
citation: "California AB 655 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: peer review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d49fd7d-88cd-46d8-9edb-68057dc9285f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655"
source_hash: "6d0c03ead42ab2ef9bb6fd33b89d0b2542557273d8f74cb1f773e38ab766fcc8"
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 655 (20112012) — Healing arts: peer review.

Existing law provides for the professional review of specified healing arts licentiates through a peer review process conducted by peer review bodies, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65599INT)
2. **05/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65598AMD)
3. **06/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65597AMD)
4. **07/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65596AMD)
5. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65594CHP)
6. **AB655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655)
7. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB655&version=20110AB65595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 655 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB655 Hayashi By Emmerson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 655 HAYASHI Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1351.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-07-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1857.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2714.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d49fd7d-88cd-46d8-9edb-68057dc9285f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).