republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists, associate marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, associate clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, and associate professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law provides that the registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor may be renewed before its expiration date by taking specified actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2117"
citation: "California AB 2117 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e73d6ec1-d088-4475-90a7-9e0f23b97a78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117"
source_hash: "5257ef1c27cb30f877ef5d56bbf47b7984cd616817421b13b544629202320aba"
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 AB 2117 (20172018) — Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists, associate marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, associate clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, and associate professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law provides that the registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor may be renewed before its expiration date by taking specified actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117&version=20170AB211799INT)
2. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117&version=20170AB211798AMD)
3. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117&version=20170AB211797AMD)
4. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117&version=20170AB211795CHP)
5. **AB2117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117)
6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2117&version=20170AB211796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2117 ARAMBULA Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2117 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2117 Arambula By Galgiani — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4644.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5271.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6370.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e73d6ec1-d088-4475-90a7-9e0f23b97a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).