Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients.
California SB 363 (20112012) — Marriage and family therapists.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
SB 363 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB363 Emmerson Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Emmerson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2011-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-03-25 Set for hearing April 11.
2011-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 616.) (April 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-25 Set for hearing May 2.
2011-05-03 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 901.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-06 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-07-13 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-15 From consent calendar.
2011-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. (Page 2770.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2011-09-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2939.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2402.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2011-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff90c895-277e-4977-807c-9756a8d0e257. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).