---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and family therapy."
description: "Marriage and family therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2552"
citation: "California AB 2552 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and family therapy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06aea596-6087-442b-bb85-330c4f85c1dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552"
source_hash: "6b2f7b9f99012f1a400a3b5954c92e451602e01cbac69b1ef168ce27b8a00321"
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 2552 (20032004) — Marriage and family therapy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552&version=20030AB255299INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552&version=20030AB255298AMD)
3. **07/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552&version=20030AB255296CHP)
4. **AB2552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552)
5. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2552&version=20030AB255297ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2552 leno — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2552 leno consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5435.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/06aea596-6087-442b-bb85-330c4f85c1dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).