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type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: public health nurses."
description: "Existing law requires the payment of a nonrefundable fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation of their qualifications to use the title of \"public health nurse.\" Existing law additionally specifies a fee for renewal of the certification to practice as a public health nurse and imposes a penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate to practice as a public health nurse within the prescribed time of 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of renewal of the certificate, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2471"
citation: "California AB 2471 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations", "public health nurses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Patterson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f7ad66b-02a1-4315-98fe-13e15a39d2b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471"
source_hash: "fd8f57976bdb7c6df4b18448049ac3cc9088cae2d4c20908a8cfd1d1e45f1476"
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 2471 (20232024) — Professions and vocations: public health nurses.
Existing law requires the payment of a nonrefundable fee to be paid by a registered nurse for an evaluation of their qualifications to use the title of "public health nurse." Existing law additionally specifies a fee for renewal of the certification to practice as a public health nurse and imposes a penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate to practice as a public health nurse within the prescribed time of 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of renewal of the certificate, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471&version=20230AB247199INT)
2. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471&version=20230AB247198AMD)
3. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471&version=20230AB247197AMD)
4. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471&version=20230AB247195CHP)
5. **AB2471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471)
6. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2471&version=20230AB247196ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB2471 Jim Patterson et al. By Niello — **400** (pass) · upper
- AB 2471 Jim Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **180** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **120** (pass) · upper
- AB 2471 Jim Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jim Patterson — primary (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5479.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-28** From special consent calendar by Senator Niello
- **2024-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f7ad66b-02a1-4315-98fe-13e15a39d2b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).