Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure or registration and regulation of marriage and family therapists and interns by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires each applicant for licensure to complete a certain number of hours of experience prior to applying for licensure. Existing law provides that the provision only applies to hours of experience gained on and after January 1, 2010.
California SB 1012 (20132014) — Healing arts: licensure requirements.
Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure or registration and regulation of marriage and family therapists and interns by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires each applicant for licensure to complete a certain number of hours of experience prior to applying for licensure. Existing law provides that the provision only applies to hours of experience gained on and after January 1, 2010.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1012 Wyland Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1012 Wyland Senate Third Reading By JONES — 78–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wyland — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2014-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2014-04-02 Set for hearing April 21.
2014-04-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3210.) (April 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2014-05-12 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-06-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-10 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2014-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-07 Read third time and amended. (Page 5904.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-07 Ordered to third reading.
2014-08-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6015.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2014-08-18 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4546.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 435, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73cdf25c-e602-4ed4-99a4-eccde1a8e8a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).