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type: "Bill"
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title: "Professional licensure."
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description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the licensure requirements for professional personnel, including psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors, in the state and other governmental health facilities licensed by the department from being less than for those professional personnel in health facilities under private ownership. Existing law authorizes the department to waive that requirement for persons in the professions of psychology, marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling who are gaining qualifying experience for licensure in that profession in this state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 2253"
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citation: "California AB 2253 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Professional licensure."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-02-13"
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last_action: "2020-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a423c83-42f0-4d47-97c3-e1de2ddcc3ab"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2253"
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source_hash: "a03014854237d1a62798732f28b49da60327a7eee3d0ab23725d7af39b92ead7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2253 (20192020) — Professional licensure.
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Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law prohibits the licensure requirements for professional personnel, including psychologists, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors, in the state and other governmental health facilities licensed by the department from being less than for those professional personnel in health facilities under private ownership. Existing law authorizes the department to waive that requirement for persons in the professions of psychology, marriage and family therapy, clinical social work, or professional clinical counseling who are gaining qualifying experience for licensure in that profession in this state.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2253&version=20190AB225399INT)
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2. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2253&version=20190AB225397CHP)
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3. **AB2253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2253)
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4. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2253&version=20190AB225398ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2253 Low Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB2253 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Low — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2020-02-27** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4723.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4374.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a423c83-42f0-4d47-97c3-e1de2ddcc3ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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