republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1897.md

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Bill	Marriage and family therapists: licensure.	Marriage and family therapists: licensure.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1897	California AB 1897 (20072008)	bill	Marriage and family therapists: licensure.	enacted	Emmerson	8	28	7	2008-02-07	2008-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/41030afd-c78d-46c6-8a7f-6d9a640ec3fa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897	c7454c3ebd8fbe3038b2c71879087c6a0229c16f6676effb2246d7a47dcc692b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1897 (20072008) — Marriage and family therapists: licensure.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1897 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/21/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1897 Emmerson By Correa — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1897 EMMERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1897 EMMERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmerson — primary (person)
• Torrico — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2008-02-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2008-03-11 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-03-28 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-04-01 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-04-02 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-04-14 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-04-15 (Corrected April 15.)
• 2008-04-16 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-04-17 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-04-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4842.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-05-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. referral-committee
• 2008-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-06-12 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-07-02 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2008-08-06 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5039.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6589.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2008-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 489, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41030afd-c78d-46c6-8a7f-6d9a640ec3fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).