---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder and dependent adult abuse."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of psychologists, professional clinical counselors, clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Existing law requires a person applying for licensure in these professions to have completed specified coursework or training in child abuse assessment and reporting from certain types of institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2435"
citation: "California AB 2435 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder and dependent adult abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe85ca69-ba8e-4ee8-a5cc-c0d5f9cc8e68"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435"
source_hash: "4bf00f10b2c79087ea2bcb741b789245aea01526c6971334db6d5c1f1e38b988"
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 2435 (20092010) — Elder and dependent adult abuse.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of psychologists, professional clinical counselors, clinical social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Existing law requires a person applying for licensure in these professions to have completed specified coursework or training in child abuse assessment and reporting from certain types of institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243599INT)
2. **03/24/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243598AMD)
3. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243597AMD)
4. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243596AMD)
5. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243595AMD)
6. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243593CHP)
7. **AB2435** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435)
8. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2435&version=20090AB243594ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2435 Bonnie Lowenthal By Negrete McLeod — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2435 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2435 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 4978.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 4711.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 6488.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe85ca69-ba8e-4ee8-a5cc-c0d5f9cc8e68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).