Robert B. Presley (December 4, 1924 – September 22, 2018) was an American politician who served as a California State Senator from 1975 to 1994.

[2][3] During this time, upon his retirement from the Legislature, Presley also served two terms as president of the California State Board of Podiatric Medicine (BPM), which in 1989 had brought in James H. Rathlesberger as executive officer.

Rathlesberger was a change agent working with consumer advocates like Presley and Jackie Speier.

[4][5] BPM became the first State agency to support a series of “Presley Bills” in the Legislature aiming to reform physician discipline over Medical Board resistance.

[6] Presley helped guide the BPM through legislative challenges and lent prestige to the efforts for majorities of public members on State licensing boards.