---
type: "Bill"
title: "Music therapy."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1540"
citation: "California AB 1540 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Music therapy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd07531d-07e9-4818-b28c-caa2daf8b2d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540"
source_hash: "d17f3548067c4a5fe7fe5e4314dd495067a426641501c054220b1a26b9f9951f"
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 1540 (20192020) — Music therapy.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540&version=20190AB154099INT)
2. **04/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540&version=20190AB154098AMD)
3. **07/31/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540&version=20190AB154096CHP)
4. **AB1540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540)
5. **07/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1540&version=20190AB154097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1540 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1540 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1349.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1463.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2056.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-07-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2019-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd07531d-07e9-4818-b28c-caa2daf8b2d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).