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Bill Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants: marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, and professional clinical counseling. (1) Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes requirements for the delivery of telehealth by health care providers, and defines "health care provider" for those purposes. A violation of each of the acts specified above is a crime. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 1759 California AB 1759 (20212022)
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Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants: marriage and family therapy
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California AB 1759 (20212022) — Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants: marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, and professional clinical counseling.

(1) Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to license and regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, the Educational Psychologist Practice Act, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act. Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes requirements for the delivery of telehealth by health care providers, and defines "health care provider" for those purposes. A violation of each of the acts specified above is a crime.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/02/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 09/25/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB1759 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 110 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB1759 Aguiar-Curry By Wiener — 400 (pass) · upper
  • AB 1759 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — 610 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2022-02-03 From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
  • 2022-02-10 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4577.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2022-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-20 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2022-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5047.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 520, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d844ebc9-f94f-4709-9a9f-5b6ec30617fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).