republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1636.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Physician's and surgeon's certificate: registered sex offenders."
description: "Existing law establishes various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations. Existing law authorizes a board to deny a license on the grounds that the applicant has been convicted of a crime or was subject to formal discipline within the preceding 7 years from the date of application based on professional misconduct that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the present application is made, as specified and subject to certain exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1636"
citation: "California AB 1636 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Physician's and surgeon's certificate: registered sex offenders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akilah Weber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/923aec6b-edd1-4333-bb48-76e5aced8d9f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636"
source_hash: "6dc07e6b1e7af12a874390a853b76bf942a8a8c890f8fa71e0ae4f1719f9cefc"
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 1636 (20212022) — Physician's and surgeon's certificate: registered sex offenders.

Existing law establishes various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of various professions and vocations. Existing law authorizes a board to deny a license on the grounds that the applicant has been convicted of a crime or was subject to formal discipline within the preceding 7 years from the date of application based on professional misconduct that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession for which the present application is made, as specified and subject to certain exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/12/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636&version=20210AB163699INT)
2. **04/05/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636&version=20210AB163698AMD)
3. **04/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636&version=20210AB163697AMD)
4. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636&version=20210AB163695CHP)
5. **AB1636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636)
6. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1636&version=20210AB163696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1636 Akilah Weber et al. By Pan — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1636 Akilah Weber Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akilah Weber — primary (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** 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`
- **2022-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4910.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4903.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, 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/923aec6b-edd1-4333-bb48-76e5aced8d9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).