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CA AB 1868

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Health facilities: cardiac surgery.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1868 pass?

The current status of CA AB 1868 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1868 about?

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery. Existing regulation requires, when a general acute care hospital is providing cardiovascular operative service, that a minimum of 3 surgeons constitute a surgical team if the procedure requires extracorporeal bypass. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to update that regulation to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery.

Who sponsors CA AB 1868?

Hadwick is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1868, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery. Existing regulation requires, when a general acute care hospital is providing cardiovascular operative service, that a minimum of 3 surgeons constitute a surgical team if the procedure requires extracorporeal bypass. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to update that regulation to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery.

Introduced
2026-06-08
Latest action
2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hadwickauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Johnsoncoauthor
  • Macedocoauthor
  • Elliscoauthor
  • Walliscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. 2026-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-06-08

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  5. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  6. 2026-05-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  7. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.)

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  8. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5301.)

  9. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  11. 2026-04-08

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. 2026-03-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-03-18

    Coauthors revised.

  14. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  15. 2026-02-12

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

  16. 2026-02-11

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-03-17 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sanchez: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1868 Gallagher Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ortega: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Lee: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-24 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1868

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