---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health: records: licensed marriage and family therapists."
description: "Mental health: records: licensed marriage and family therapists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 213"
citation: "California AB 213 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health: records: licensed marriage and family therapists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-09"
last_action: "2001-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88804dd-9041-48fb-8f70-378c99fc41ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213"
source_hash: "f1b3cda9434bf37ee6b2de17beb672aa07128e9509c90971ec50929aa89dfab8"
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 213 (20012002) — Mental health: records: licensed marriage and family therapists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213&version=20010AB21399INT)
2. **03/28/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213&version=20010AB21398AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213&version=20010AB21396CHP)
4. **AB213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213)
5. **06/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB213&version=20010AB21397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 213 Nation Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17 AB213 Nation — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-06-21** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1650.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-18** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 856.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-03-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-03-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-03-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2001-02-09** 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/f88804dd-9041-48fb-8f70-378c99fc41ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).