republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing by the Board of Registered Nursing. Existing law requires the board to appoint an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Under existing law, the repeal of the provision establishing the board renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The act, on January 1, 2022, repeals the provisions establishing the board and the executive officer position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1532"
citation: "California AB 1532 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business and Professions"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5de83619-5e88-447b-93c7-37881cb2faca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532"
source_hash: "038f17a12d2562bbb46d6e8a3a29299e3ece83a12df313f10ba41ea041194484"
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 1532 (20212022) — Nursing.

(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing by the Board of Registered Nursing. Existing law requires the board to appoint an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Under existing law, the repeal of the provision establishing the board renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The act, on January 1, 2022, repeals the provisions establishing the board and the executive officer position.

## 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=202120220AB1532&version=20210AB153299INT)
2. **04/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532&version=20210AB153298AMD)
3. **07/13/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532&version=20210AB153297AMD)
4. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532&version=20210AB153295CHP)
5. **AB1532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532)
6. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1532&version=20210AB153296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1532 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1532 B. & P. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LOW — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1532 B. & P. (Low) By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business and Professions — 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`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1618.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. 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: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2347.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2928.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 628, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5de83619-5e88-447b-93c7-37881cb2faca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).