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Bill	Occupational therapy.	Existing law, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of occupational therapy by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Existing law defines the "practice of occupational therapy" and specifies that occupational therapy services encompass occupation therapy, assessment, treatment, education, and consultation with individuals referred for those services after diagnosis of a disease or disorder. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing occupational therapy without being licensed under the act and makes a violation of that prohibition a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2221	California AB 2221 (20172018)	bill	Occupational therapy.	enacted	Bloom	11	31	6	2018-02-12	2018-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/bf49ab5d-32bd-4647-98ac-34a9994addfe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221	1b01fa09ce64d1f2d655b381ec815c52bf18e45fd9d8bbae181772ca5742f33a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2221 (20172018) — Occupational therapy.

Existing law, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of occupational therapy by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Existing law defines the "practice of occupational therapy" and specifies that occupational therapy services encompass occupation therapy, assessment, treatment, education, and consultation with individuals referred for those services after diagnosis of a disease or disorder. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing occupational therapy without being licensed under the act and makes a violation of that prohibition a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/14/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB2221 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2221 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2221 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2221 Bloom By Dodd — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5410.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-11 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
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5966.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6996.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf49ab5d-32bd-4647-98ac-34a9994addfe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).