SB 1376 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Physician assistants.

Summary

Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law authorizes the board to convene from time to time as deemed necessary by the board. Existing law further requires the board to receive permission of the Director of Consumer Affairs to meet more than 6 times annually, and requires the director to approve meetings that are necessary for the board to fulfill its legal responsibilities. This bill would delete the provision requiring the board to receive permission from the director to meet more than 6 times annually and for the director to approve meetings.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Assembly Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Last action Jun 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/20/26 - Introduced → SB1376 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes were made between these versions. The difference is entirely presentational: the first version is a clean legislative document format, while the second is a web page capture of the same bill from the California legislature website, including navigation menus, search bars, and site chrome. The actual bill text amending Section 3508 of the Business and Professions Code is identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a clean legislative bill layout to a web page rendering that includes website navigation elements (home, accessibility, FAQ, feedback, sitemap, login), search fields, and site menu links. No changes were made to the substantive provisions of the bill.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Apr 16, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

9 Yea 1

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

May 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on B. & P.

lower

Apr 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3921.) Ordered to the Assembly.

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3638.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

upper

Feb 20, 2026

Introduced

Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors