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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physicians and surgeons: drug prescribing privileges: investigation."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes investigators and representatives of the Medical Board of California, among others, to inquire into any alleged violation of the Medical Practice Act or any other federal or state law, regulation, or rule relevant to the practice of medicine or podiatric medicine, and to inspect documents relevant to those investigations, including the inspection and copying of any document relevant to an investigation where patient consent is given."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 670"
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citation: "California SB 670 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: drug prescribing privileges: investigation."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2013-02-22"
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last_action: "2013-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93089346-f5de-436c-8f3c-90da2830255e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670"
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source_hash: "e46fe44cc55d3f5edabbb27d690249000560ebac74a8c7805c804ff3137c89fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 670 (20132014) — Physicians and surgeons: drug prescribing privileges: investigation.
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(1) Existing law authorizes investigators and representatives of the Medical Board of California, among others, to inquire into any alleged violation of the Medical Practice Act or any other federal or state law, regulation, or rule relevant to the practice of medicine or podiatric medicine, and to inspect documents relevant to those investigations, including the inspection and copying of any document relevant to an investigation where patient consent is given.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67099INT)
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2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67098AMD)
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3. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67097AMD)
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4. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67096AMD)
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5. **08/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67095AMD)
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6. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67094AMD)
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7. **09/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67093AMD)
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8. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67091CHP)
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9. **SB670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670)
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10. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB670&version=20130SB67092ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 670 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
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- SB 670 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **12–44** (fail) · lower
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- Unfinished Supp 2 SB670 Steinberg Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Steinberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
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- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-04** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 564.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2013-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 719.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-24** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-24** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2940.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 12. Noes 44. Page 3148.) `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-10** Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Dickinson.
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- **2013-09-11** Reconsideration granted. (Page 3168.)
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- **2013-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3189.)
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- **2013-09-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3313.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2443.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 399, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93089346-f5de-436c-8f3c-90da2830255e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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