republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1369.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state physicians and surgeons: telehealth: license exemption."
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 the practice of medicine by physicians and surgeons. Existing law generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate issued by the board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1369"
citation: "California AB 1369 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Out-of-state physicians and surgeons", "license exemption", "telehealth"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adecc2f-2e7a-41ef-aed1-fac322c18d82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369"
source_hash: "d4d7036777f6f633a5b97e1f900cf0da7dd5babefe1c5f999136e622883fcf7c"
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 1369 (20232024) — Out-of-state physicians and surgeons: telehealth: license exemption.

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 the practice of medicine by physicians and surgeons. Existing law generally prohibits the practice of medicine without a physician's and surgeon's certificate issued by the board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136999INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136998AMD)
3. **08/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136997AMD)
4. **08/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136996AMD)
5. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136994CHP)
6. **AB1369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369)
7. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1369&version=20230AB136995ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1369 Bauer-Kahan By Roth — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1369 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1369 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1463.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2429.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3067.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 837, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8adecc2f-2e7a-41ef-aed1-fac322c18d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).