republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-243.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professional clinical counselors."
description: "Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law defines professional clinical counseling, in part, as the application of counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate specified problems. Existing law also provides that professional clinical counseling does not include the assessment or treatment of couples or families unless the clinical counselor has completed specified training and education in addition to the minimum training and education required for licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "California SB 243 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professional clinical counselors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyland"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc74fc8d-08e5-4761-88f7-e50d7dd279b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243"
source_hash: "f0e69ecd21cd269afe7f52b1abd64e11f776c4338e204b1c67710d7e957857c8"
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 SB 243 (20132014) — Professional clinical counselors.

Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law defines professional clinical counseling, in part, as the application of counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques to identify and remediate specified problems. Existing law also provides that professional clinical counseling does not include the assessment or treatment of couples or families unless the clinical counselor has completed specified training and education in addition to the minimum training and education required for licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24399INT)
2. **04/29/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24398AMD)
3. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24397AMD)
4. **08/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24396AMD)
5. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24394CHP)
6. **SB243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243)
7. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB243&version=20130SB24395ENR)

## Votes

- SB 243 Wyland Senate Third Reading By MAIENSCHEIN — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wyland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 817.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 908.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 2667.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2703.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2042.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 465, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc74fc8d-08e5-4761-88f7-e50d7dd279b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).