California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill
SB 1226: Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1226 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services. Primary sponsor: Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2026): Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of respiratory care unless the person is a licensed respiratory care practitioner, except for specified respiratory care functions, including, among others, the performance of suctioning and other basic respiratory tasks and services by a licensed vocational nurse under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, as provided.
Existing law authorizes individuals with specified qualifications and meeting certain requirements to assist an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, as defined, during the regular schoolday. Existing law also authorizes a licensed vocational nurse, under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, to assist an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care with the basic respiratory services authorized by the Respiratory Care Practice Act.
This bill would repeal the authorization for a licensed vocational nurse, under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, to assist an individual with exceptional needs with the above-described basic respiratory services authorized by the Respiratory Care Practice Act. The bill would instead authorize individuals, if they have the qualifications and meet the requirements referenced above for providing specialized physical health care services to an individual with exceptional needs, to provide a defined set of basic respiratory services to those individuals.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 19 |
| Megan Dahle | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 1 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.
- From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.