Who sponsors AB 2098?

AB 2098 is sponsored by Low, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (Democratic), Wicks, Buffy (Democratic), Pan, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 D cosponsors

AB 2098 — Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct.

Last action September 30, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 938, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
6 sponsors

1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the applicable board to take action against any licensed physician and surgeon who is charged with unprofessional conduct, as provided. This bill would designate the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, or "COVID-19," as unprofessional conduct. The bill would also make findings and declarations in this regard.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/30/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2022
Enrolled 09/01/22 - Enrolled pdf September 01, 2022
Amended 08/22/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 22, 2022
Amended 06/21/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 21, 2022
Amended 04/20/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 20, 2022
Introduced 02/14/22 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2022
AB2098 View text html

Action History

September 30, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 938, Statutes of 2022.
September 30, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
September 12, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
August 30, 2022
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 20.).
August 30, 2022
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
August 30, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5236.).
August 23, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 22, 2022
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 11, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 11, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).
August 02, 2022
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
June 28, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 21, 2022
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
June 08, 2022
Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
May 27, 2022
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 26, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20.)
May 12, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 11, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11).
April 21, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 20, 2022
Read second time and amended.
April 19, 2022
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 19).
February 24, 2022
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
February 15, 2022
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
February 14, 2022
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (5)

Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic
Wicks, Buffy Democratic
Pan
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2098 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 30, 2022

Passed 56 Yea · 20 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	29	1	0	2
Unaffiliated	27	10	0	2
Republican	0	9	0	0
Total	56	20	0	4
% of votes cast	70%	25%	0%	5%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Nay
Cooley	—	Nay
Mathis	—	Nay
Bigelow	—	Nay
Kiley	—	Nay
O'Donnell	—	Nay
Waldron	—	Nay
Smith	—	Nay
Cunningham	—	Nay
Mayes	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Not Voting
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Nay
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Nay

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3rd Reading AB2098 Low et al. By Pan

August 30, 2022

Passed 32 Yea · 8 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	18	5	0	0
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Republican	1	3	0	0
Total	32	8	0	0
% of votes cast	80%	20%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Nay
Borgeas	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Nay
Bates	—	Nay
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

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Do pass

August 11, 2022

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	1	0	0
Republican	0	1	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bates	—	Nay
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

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Placed on suspense file

August 01, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bradford	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

June 27, 2022

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	2	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	1
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	9	4	0	1
% of votes cast	64%	29%	0%	7%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Dodd	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Nay
Bates	—	Nay
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay

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AB 2098 Low Assembly Third Reading

May 26, 2022

Passed 53 Yea · 20 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	27	1	0	2
Unaffiliated	26	10	0	3
Republican	0	9	0	0
Total	53	20	0	5
% of votes cast	68%	26%	0%	6%

How each member voted (78)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Nay
Smith	—	Nay
Cunningham	—	Nay
Mayes	—	Not Voting
Nazarian	—	Not Voting
O'Donnell	—	Not Voting
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Nay
Cooley	—	Nay
Mathis	—	Nay
Bigelow	—	Nay
Kiley	—	Nay
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Nay
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Nay
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay
Gallagher, James	Republican	Nay
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Nay

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Do pass.

May 11, 2022

Passed 12 Yea · 4 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	2	0	0
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	12	4	0	0
% of votes cast	75%	25%	0%	0%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Nay
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 19, 2022

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	2	0	0
Democratic	7	0	0	2
Republican	0	3	0	0
Total	12	5	0	2
% of votes cast	63%	26%	0%	11%

How each member voted (19)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Nay
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Not Voting
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Flora, Heath	Republican	Nay

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2098 do?: Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law requires the applicable board to take action against any licensed physician and surgeon who is charged with unprofessional conduct, as provided. This bill would designate the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, or "COVID-19," as unprofessional conduct. The bill would also make findings and declarations in this regard.
Who sponsors AB 2098?: AB 2098 is sponsored by Low, Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic), Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah (Democratic), Wicks, Buffy (Democratic), Pan, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2098?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 14, 2022. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 2098
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 14, 2022
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Low

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Votes

AB 2098 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments

3rd Reading AB2098 Low et al. By Pan

Do pass

Placed on suspense file

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

AB 2098 Low Assembly Third Reading

Do pass.

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

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