republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1704.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited podiatric radiography permits."
description: "Existing law, the Radiologic Technology Act, prohibits a person from administering or using diagnostic or therapeutic x-rays on human beings in this state, unless that person has been certified or granted a permit by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, is acting within the scope of that certification or permit, and is acting under the supervision of a healing arts licensee. Existing law requires the department to issue limited permits to persons to conduct radiologic technology limited to the performance of certain procedures or the application of x-rays to specific areas of the human body, except for mammography, and requires the department to prescribe minimum standards of training and experience for these persons and to prescribe procedures for examining applicants for limited permits. Existing administrative law defines the scope of a limited leg-podiatric radiography permit as radiography of the knee, tibia and fibula, and ankle and foot. Existing administrative law requires, as a condition of eligibility for the limited permit, an applicant to pass specified department-approved examinations and to submit an application containing a specified fee and certain information, including a copy of the limited permit x-ray technician school graduation diploma or certificate in that limited permit category."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1704"
citation: "California AB 1704 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limited podiatric radiography permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/163a234d-951a-4613-b26e-86b1cb346b60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704"
source_hash: "1d33387b9b22da85e29175d6b5918d341fa9b85295e22588d09a900a6b23944a"
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 1704 (20212022) — Limited podiatric radiography permits.

Existing law, the Radiologic Technology Act, prohibits a person from administering or using diagnostic or therapeutic x-rays on human beings in this state, unless that person has been certified or granted a permit by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, is acting within the scope of that certification or permit, and is acting under the supervision of a healing arts licensee. Existing law requires the department to issue limited permits to persons to conduct radiologic technology limited to the performance of certain procedures or the application of x-rays to specific areas of the human body, except for mammography, and requires the department to prescribe minimum standards of training and experience for these persons and to prescribe procedures for examining applicants for limited permits. Existing administrative law defines the scope of a limited leg-podiatric radiography permit as radiography of the knee, tibia and fibula, and ankle and foot. Existing administrative law requires, as a condition of eligibility for the limited permit, an applicant to pass specified department-approved examinations and to submit an application containing a specified fee and certain information, including a copy of the limited permit x-ray technician school graduation diploma or certificate in that limited permit category.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170499INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170498AMD)
3. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170497AMD)
4. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170496AMD)
5. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170495AMD)
6. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170493CHP)
7. **AB1704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704)
8. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1704&version=20210AB170494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1704 Chen Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1704 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1704 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4251.)
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** 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 4916.) `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 Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5365.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 580, 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/163a234d-951a-4613-b26e-86b1cb346b60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).