California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1811: Health professionals.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code, and to add and repeal Section 30 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health professions. health professions Health professionals…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code, and to add and repeal Section 30 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health professions. health professions Health professionals. (1) Existing federal law requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health professional shortage areas and requires the secretary, in establishing criteria for the designation of those areas, to consider, among other things, the ratio of available health manpower to the number of individuals in an area or population group and indicators of a need for health services, as specified. Existing state law makes references to federally recognized or designated health professional shortage areas in various contexts, including, among others, the California Physician Corps Program, the California Reproductive Health Services Corps, the Oral Health Program, the Virtual Health Hub for Rural Communities Pilot Program, and health professions planning grants. This bill, until January 1, 2035, would define the term “health professional shortage area” to mean (1) an area determined by the Department of Health Care Access and Information to have a shortage of health professionals, (2) a health professional shortage area currently designated or recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or (3) an area designated or recognized as a health professional shortage area by the United States Department of …
Sponsors
- Chris Rogers (D, AD02) · primary sponsor
- Jeff Gonzalez (R, AD36)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6898.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
Votes
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (August 30, 2026): 18 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1811 Rogers Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1811 Rogers et al. By Menjivar (August 26, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 1, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1811 Rogers Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session (May 14, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1811?
- AB1811 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Health professionals.
- What does AB1811 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code, and to add and repeal Section 30 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health professions. health professions Health professionals…
- What is the status of AB1811?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1811?
- Chris Rogers (D, AD02), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for AB1811?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1811
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