republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-962.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speech-language pathologists."
description: "Speech-language pathologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 962"
citation: "California AB 962 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Speech-language pathologists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d6ec73-3c00-4193-b877-2d7d64706b9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962"
source_hash: "c25d798b26ba838edaf9e4b504bc775e828fd81911f8efd8fa2b99657aa3efd8"
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 962 (20072008) — Speech-language pathologists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96299INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96298AMD)
3. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96297AMD)
4. **07/25/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96296AMD)
5. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96294CHP)
6. **AB962** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962)
7. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB962&version=20070AB96295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 962 Houston Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 962 HOUSTON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB962 Houston By Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1814.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2575.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3362.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72d6ec73-3c00-4193-b877-2d7d64706b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).