---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speech-language pathologists."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2027, establishes the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the board to license and regulate speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers, among others."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "California SB 612 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Speech-language pathologists"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637fee9b-e85e-4ac5-bb8e-b99db8918c0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612"
source_hash: "482f9002710c2f07e31bbdfbf685790cc018f7a7a7eb2e72a474a9b906325edc"
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 SB 612 (20232024) — Speech-language pathologists.

Existing law, until January 1, 2027, establishes the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the board to license and regulate speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers, among others.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61299INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61298AMD)
3. **04/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61297AMD)
4. **06/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61296AMD)
5. **06/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61295AMD)
6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61293CHP)
7. **SB612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612)
8. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB612&version=20230SB61294ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB612 Ochoa Bogh — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 612 Ochoa Bogh Senate Third Reading By Bains — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB612 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
- Bains — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1340.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2795.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-08-29** (Corrected September 6).
- **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2240.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 620, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/637fee9b-e85e-4ac5-bb8e-b99db8918c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).