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CA AB 836

enacted

Midwifery Workforce Training Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 836 pass?

Yes. CA AB 836 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 597, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 836 about?

Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly known as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to establish a program to contract with programs that train certified nurse-midwives and programs that train licensed midwives in accordance with the global standards for midwifery education and the international definition of "midwife" as established by the International Confederation of Midwives in order to increase the number of students receiving quality education and training as a certified nurse-midwife or as a licensed midwife. Existing law requires these provisions to be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another act. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Access and Information, upon appropriation from the Legislature for this purpose, to administer funding for a statewide study on midwifery education. The bill would require the study to be conducted by an outside consultant familiar with the health care and midwifery landscapes and workforce in California that would, among other things, identify viable education programs that can serve both rural and urban geographic areas. The bill would require the department to submit a report from the study's findings to the Legislature, to post the report on the department's internet website, and to notify all persons in the department's reproductive health and maternity care electronic mailing list, as specified. The bill would define "reproductive health care professionals" as, among others, medical doctors and licensed midwives.

Who sponsors CA AB 836?

Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 836, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly known as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to establish a program to contract with programs that train certified nurse-midwives and programs that train licensed midwives in accordance with the global standards for midwifery education and the international definition of "midwife" as established by the International Confederation of Midwives in order to increase the number of students receiving quality education and training as a certified nurse-midwife or as a licensed midwife. Existing law requires these provisions to be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another act. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Access and Information, upon appropriation from the Legislature for this purpose, to administer funding for a statewide study on midwifery education. The bill would require the study to be conducted by an outside consultant familiar with the health care and midwifery landscapes and workforce in California that would, among other things, identify viable education programs that can serve both rural and urban geographic areas. The bill would require the department to submit a report from the study's findings to the Legislature, to post the report on the department's internet website, and to notify all persons in the department's reproductive health and maternity care electronic mailing list, as specified. The bill would define "reproductive health care professionals" as, among others, medical doctors and licensed midwives.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 597, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Stefaniauthor
  • Addiscoauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Schiavocoauthor
  • Beckercoauthor
  • Blakespearcoauthor
  • Ochoa Boghcoauthor
  • Richardsoncoauthor
  • Wahabcoauthor
  • Wienercoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  4. 2025-03-24

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

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  5. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-23

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

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  8. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 1856.)

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  11. 2025-06-03

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

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  12. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  13. 2025-06-23

    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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  14. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  16. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  17. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  19. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  22. 2025-09-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.).

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  24. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  25. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3112.).

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  26. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  27. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

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  28. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 597, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
  • AB836Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bonta: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 836 Stefani Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 73-2

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB836 Stefani et al. By Caballero

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other

  • AB 836 Stefani Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-09 · pass · 72-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Johnson: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Macedo: other

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