The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology to license and regulate the practice of psychology. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a psychologist to have engaged in supervised professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist, or under suitable alternative supervision, for at least 2 years, at least one year of which is required to occur after the applicant has been awarded the qualifying doctoral degree.
California AB 2754 (20212022) — Psychology: supervision.
The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology to license and regulate the practice of psychology. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a psychologist to have engaged in supervised professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist, or under suitable alternative supervision, for at least 2 years, at least one year of which is required to occur after the applicant has been awarded the qualifying doctoral degree.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2754 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2754 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Becker Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
Caballero — coauthor (person)
Valladares — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2022-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4740.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2022-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-08 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4677.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-08 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03aee7e9-01b6-4412-b953-e2f574dfc677. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).