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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician Assistant Practice Act: abortion by aspiration: training."
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description: "The Physician Assistant Practice Act establishes the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law makes it a crime to perform an abortion without holding a license to practice as a physician and surgeon or without holding a specified license or certificate under the Physician Assistant Practice Act that authorizes the holder to perform specified functions necessary for an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The act requires a physician assistant to complete training and comply with certain protocols, as specified, to receive authority from the physician assistant's supervising physician and surgeon to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques."
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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 385"
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citation: "California SB 385 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Physician Assistant Practice Act", "abortion by aspiration", "training"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-09-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2307cf9e-a32d-49ad-941c-fa394d0a8f55"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB385"
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source_hash: "45918b9087fd1bbde648f1f0e520ae6754472550da00cd5b9b3831b6eea8e709"
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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 385 (20232024) — Physician Assistant Practice Act: abortion by aspiration: training.
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The Physician Assistant Practice Act establishes the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law makes it a crime to perform an abortion without holding a license to practice as a physician and surgeon or without holding a specified license or certificate under the Physician Assistant Practice Act that authorizes the holder to perform specified functions necessary for an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The act requires a physician assistant to complete training and comply with certain protocols, as specified, to receive authority from the physician assistant's supervising physician and surgeon to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques.
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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. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB385&version=20230SB38599INT)
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2. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB385&version=20230SB38597CHP)
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3. **SB385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB385)
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4. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB385&version=20230SB38598ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **28–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–4** (pass) · lower
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- SB 385 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Stephanie Nguyen — **58–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Atkins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3. Page 636.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 18.
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 799.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
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- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1023.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-18** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 2798.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 178, Statutes of 2023. `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/2307cf9e-a32d-49ad-941c-fa394d0a8f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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