AB 836 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Midwifery Workforce Training Act.

Summary

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.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2025

Assembly Passage

Jun 2025

Senate Passage

Sep 2025

Signed into Law

Oct 2025

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed Oct 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

09/03/25 - Amended Senate → 09/11/25 - Enrolled · 3 edits · Sep 11, 2025

MINOR

This diff represents the transition of AB 836 (Midwifery Workforce Training Act) from its Amended Senate version to the final Enrolled version. The substantive policy content is unchanged; the differences are primarily formatting updates for enrollment (removal of coauthor lists, addition of passage dates and governor signature block) and minor textual cleanups of prior amendment errors.

TECHNICAL

The legislative counsel's digest now clarifies that the Department of Health Care Access and Information is 'formerly known as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development,' adding a name clarification not present in the prior version.

Two prior amendment errors were cleaned up: 'legislature Legislature' was corrected to 'Legislature' in Section 1(b), and a duplicated word 'challenges challenges' was corrected to 'challenges' in Section 2(b)(5).

Standard enrolled bill formatting changes: coauthor lists removed, passage dates added (Assembly September 9, 2025; Senate September 8, 2025), governor receipt and approval signature blocks added, line numbers removed, and page numbering adjusted from 96 to 95.

Floor votes · Senate Sep 8, 2025 · Assembly Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Sep 8, 2025

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Oct 11, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

legislature

Sep 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Sep 8, 2025

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Sep 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Sep 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

upper

Aug 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Aug 18, 2025

Committee

In committee: Referred to suspense file.

upper

Jul 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jun 23, 2025

Introduced

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

upper

Jun 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

upper

Jun 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 13 co-sponsors