California AB2311: Health care districts: employment.

What the bill says

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2401 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. healing arts Health care districts: employment. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine by a corporation or other artificial legal entity to entities that do not charge for professional services rendered to patients and are approved by the Medical Board of California, subject to specified exemptions…

From the chaptered text, September 18, 2026:

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2401 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. healing arts Health care districts: employment. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine by a corporation or other artificial legal entity to entities that do not charge for professional services rendered to patients and are approved by the Medical Board of California, subject to specified exemptions. Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, regulates the organization and management of health care districts. Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information and charges it with various duties related to health planning and research development. This bill would, until January 1, 2037, establish an exemption to the general prohibition described above by authorizing health care districts and nonprofit corporations with a health care district as its sole corporate member that own or control a general acute care hospital to employ physicians and surgeons and charge for professional services, provided specified conditions are met, including prohibiting the health care district or nonprofit corporation, and any hospital under its ownership or control, from interfering with, controlling, or otherwise directing the professional judgment of a physician or surgeon. The bill would require a health care district or nonprofit corporation that employs …

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Sponsors

• Pilar Schiavo (D, AD40) · primary sponsor
• Liz Ortega (D, AD20)
• Gail Pellerin (D, AD28)
• Josh Becker (D, SD13)
• LaShae Sharp-Collins (D, AD79)
• Suzette Martinez Valladares (R, SD23)
• Shannon Grove (R, SD12)

Latest actions

1. September 18, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 18, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 3, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 26, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6582.).
5. August 26, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
6. August 25, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 25, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
8. August 17, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 13, 2026: Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
10. August 13, 2026: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

Votes

• AB 2311 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 26, 2026): 76 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2311 Schiavo et al. By Laird (August 25, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] (June 15, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2311?

AB2311 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Health care districts: employment.

What does AB2311 do?

In its own words: An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 2401 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts. healing arts Health care districts: employment. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine by a corporation or other artificial legal entity to entities that do not charge for professional services rendered to patients and are approved by the Medical Board of California, subject to specified exemptions…

What is the status of AB2311?

Chaptered as of September 18, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2026. (September 18, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2311?

Pilar Schiavo (D, AD40), with 6 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB2311?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2311