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Bill	Board of Behavioral Sciences.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of educational psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law specifies the composition of the board and requires the board to employ an executive officer. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2017. Under existing law, the repeal of the provision establishing the board renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2191	California AB 2191 (20152016)	bill	Board of Behavioral Sciences.	enacted	Salas	6	22	8	2016-02-18	2016-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/398d13c2-a115-4bcb-b42b-ceaa88921b7b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2191	e3e3f23b9ca2dc815a06b16a0324ca3b41769aace10ac63b8fd6c44d580ba76b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2191 (20152016) — Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of educational psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law specifies the composition of the board and requires the board to employ an executive officer. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2017. Under existing law, the repeal of the provision establishing the board renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/16/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2191 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2191 Salas By Hill — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2191 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2191 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — 79–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Salas — primary (person)
• Brough — coauthor (person)
• Hill — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 5029.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5162.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6209.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/398d13c2-a115-4bcb-b42b-ceaa88921b7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).