Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, educational psychologists, and professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law fixes the license fees and creates the Behavioral Sciences Fund in the State Treasury into which these license fees are deposited. Existing law requires the board to issue a retired license to a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, educational psychologist, or professional clinical counselor who holds a license that is current and active or capable of being renewed, and whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the board or subject to disciplinary action.
California AB 404 (20132014) — Healing arts: behavioral sciences: retired licenses.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, educational psychologists, and professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law fixes the license fees and creates the Behavioral Sciences Fund in the State Treasury into which these license fees are deposited. Existing law requires the board to issue a retired license to a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, educational psychologist, or professional clinical counselor who holds a license that is current and active or capable of being renewed, and whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the board or subject to disciplinary action.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
AB 404 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — 72–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Eggman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2013-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 920.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-04-25 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2013-06-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-06-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1989.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2013-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 339, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e19e0bcc-be08-4a5c-ac49-ac7b95b2399d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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