republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1278.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physicians and surgeons: payments: disclosure: notice."
description: "Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California within the department and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1278"
citation: "California AB 1278 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physicians and surgeons: payments: disclosure: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2561ebfa-3549-4854-a581-c61be1a8a822"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278"
source_hash: "9e362fd274bc6adc7907e286c1d15de52dffe3958d390374a7a7370eb0c68aa8"
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 1278 (20212022) — Physicians and surgeons: payments: disclosure: notice.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California within the department and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127899INT)
2. **03/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127898AMD)
3. **04/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127897AMD)
4. **06/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127896AMD)
5. **07/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127895AMD)
6. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127894AMD)
7. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127893AMD)
8. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127891CHP)
9. **AB1278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278)
10. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1278&version=20210AB127892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1278 Nazarian By Allen — **21–4** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1278 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- AB 1278 Nazarian Assembly Third Reading — **54–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 9. Page 1281.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-23** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 4. Page 5242.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 7.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 750, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2561ebfa-3549-4854-a581-c61be1a8a822`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).