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type: "Bill"
title: "Maternal care and services."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing, and requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person who, among other qualifications, meets educational standards established by the board or the equivalent of those educational standards. Existing law, the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993, provides for the licensure of midwives by the Medical Board of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "California SB 65 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maternal care and services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ab5523-0645-40b8-9508-39d7959ed887"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65"
source_hash: "9b6ff0cc0991d5678b82abba9b2185cd46d7390e34729b76de9922ebb860809a"
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 SB 65 (20212022) — Maternal care and services.
(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing, and requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person who, among other qualifications, meets educational standards established by the board or the equivalent of those educational standards. Existing law, the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993, provides for the licensure of midwives by the Medical Board of California.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6599INT)
2. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6598AMD)
3. **04/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6597AMD)
4. **04/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6596AMD)
5. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6595AMD)
6. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6594AMD)
7. **09/02/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6593AMD)
8. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6591CHP)
9. **SB65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65)
10. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB65&version=20210SB6592ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading SB65 Skinner et al. — **317** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **123** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **61** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 65 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Burke — **770** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB65 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **315** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **112** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Skinner — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kamlager — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2021-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 794.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2021-04-20** April 20 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-04-26** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 909.)
- **2021-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2021-05-06** May 10 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-05-07** Set for hearing May 17.
- **2021-05-17** May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-18** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1237.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3028.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 2608.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, 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/36ab5523-0645-40b8-9508-39d7959ed887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).