---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and family therapists: telemedicine."
description: "Marriage and family therapists: telemedicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 116"
citation: "California AB 116 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and family therapists: telemedicine."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-01-14"
last_action: "2003-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69c50a96-e0f4-4074-a6d8-53cd75fd61eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116"
source_hash: "516549cc9364ca34cc8dd8fcb1438a84e7d116a62301ae2eacaa07e02a5c3360"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 116 (20032004) — Marriage and family therapists: telemedicine.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116&version=20030AB11699INT)
2. **02/25/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116&version=20030AB11698AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116&version=20030AB11697AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116&version=20030AB11695CHP)
5. **AB116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116)
6. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB116&version=20030AB11696ENR)

## Votes

- ab 116 nakano consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 116 Nakano Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #15 ab116 nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2003-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 20, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-06-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2448.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1354.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1034.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2003-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69c50a96-e0f4-4074-a6d8-53cd75fd61eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).