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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and family therapists: licensure."
description: "Marriage and family therapists: licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1897"
citation: "California AB 1897 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and family therapists: licensure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-07"
last_action: "2008-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41030afd-c78d-46c6-8a7f-6d9a640ec3fa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897"
source_hash: "c7454c3ebd8fbe3038b2c71879087c6a0229c16f6676effb2246d7a47dcc692b"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189799INT)
2. **04/01/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189798AMD)
3. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189797AMD)
4. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189796AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189795AMD)
6. **09/28/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189793CHP)
7. **AB1897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897)
8. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1897&version=20070AB189794ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41030afd-c78d-46c6-8a7f-6d9a640ec3fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).