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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinary medicine: registered veterinary technicians."
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description: "Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Under existing law, registered veterinary technicians are authorized to perform animal health care services on animals impounded by a state, county, city, or city and county agency pursuant to the order of a veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in this state. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 1478"
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citation: "California SB 1478 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Veterinary medicine", "registered veterinary technicians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-08-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef1ca667-8021-4de1-b95e-40a2e84257fa"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478"
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source_hash: "b6edb8b5dd61691952f4f8b8d54b9d491cb3fed2b1a5840110d9cafe48acec4d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1478 (20232024) — Veterinary medicine: registered veterinary technicians.
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Existing law, the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act, establishes the Veterinary Medical Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of veterinarians and the practice of veterinary medicine. Under existing law, registered veterinary technicians are authorized to perform animal health care services on animals impounded by a state, county, city, or city and county agency pursuant to the order of a veterinarian licensed or authorized to practice in this state. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478&version=20230SB147899INT)
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2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478&version=20230SB147898AMD)
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3. **04/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478&version=20230SB147897AMD)
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4. **08/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478&version=20230SB147895CHP)
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5. **SB1478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478)
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6. **08/09/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1478&version=20230SB147896ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB1478 Nguyen et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1478 Nguyen Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nguyen — primary (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Dixon — coauthor (person)
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- Flora — coauthor (person)
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- Newman — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
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- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** 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`
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- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2024-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3699.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
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- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4132.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6251.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2024-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2024-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 192, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef1ca667-8021-4de1-b95e-40a2e84257fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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