republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-389.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services: licensed vocational nurses."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, establishes the Respiratory Care Board of California to license and regulate the practice of respiratory care. The act authorizes, among other things, a licensed vocational nurse who is employed by a home health agency to perform respiratory tasks and services identified by the board, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "California SB 389 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupilhealth", "individualswithexceptionalneeds", "licensedvocationalnurses", "respiratoryservices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-14"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a22fb78f-cd89-4d0d-9838-9e930887d5d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389"
source_hash: "2a85f0d6e9ca38f30bf3ba7fbbb752c85e64682a8281db9bc02eb6a0a931a3c5"
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 389 (20252026) — Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services: licensed vocational nurses.

(1) Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, establishes the Respiratory Care Board of California to license and regulate the practice of respiratory care. The act authorizes, among other things, a licensed vocational nurse who is employed by a home health agency to perform respiratory tasks and services identified by the board, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389&version=20250SB38999INT)
2. **04/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389&version=20250SB38998AMD)
3. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389&version=20250SB38996CHP)
4. **SB389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389)
5. **08/29/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB389&version=20250SB38997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 389 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB389 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Coms. on ED. and B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2025-04-24** 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`
- **2025-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 917.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2025-05-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Referred to Coms. on ED. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2775.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 582, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a22fb78f-cd89-4d0d-9838-9e930887d5d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).