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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nurse-midwifery education program."
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description: "Existing law creates the Vocational Nurse Education Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for persons agreeing to serve in an eligible county health facility, state-operated health facility, or a health workforce shortage area, before completing vocational nursing school. Existing law authorizes a person who qualifies for admission to a vocational nursing program to apply for funding under the program, as specified. Existing law establishes the Vocational Nurse Education Fund for the purpose of promoting the education of vocational nurses and related administrative costs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 520"
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citation: "California SB 520 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Nurse-midwiferyeducationprogram"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad36e919-be98-4dc3-a0ef-03567e580be9"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520"
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source_hash: "346a3c9e64fbb5649898ba47bc5b33893bed6c31a181475fc90d0867a74d628a"
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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 520 (20252026) — Nurse-midwifery education program.
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Existing law creates the Vocational Nurse Education Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for persons agreeing to serve in an eligible county health facility, state-operated health facility, or a health workforce shortage area, before completing vocational nursing school. Existing law authorizes a person who qualifies for admission to a vocational nursing program to apply for funding under the program, as specified. Existing law establishes the Vocational Nurse Education Fund for the purpose of promoting the education of vocational nurses and related administrative costs.
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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. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520&version=20250SB52099INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520&version=20250SB52098AMD)
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3. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520&version=20250SB52096CHP)
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4. **SB520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520)
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5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB520&version=20250SB52097ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent SB520 Caballero et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 520 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caballero — primary (person)
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- Alanis — coauthor (person)
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- Becker — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Krell — coauthor (person)
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- Macedo — coauthor (person)
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- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
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- Ortega — coauthor (person)
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- Stefani — coauthor (person)
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- Valladares — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 30.
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- **2025-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 965.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1203.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1327.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2994.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 601, Statutes of 2025. `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/ad36e919-be98-4dc3-a0ef-03567e580be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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