Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors.
Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists and associate marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Social Work Licensing Law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of clinical social workers and associate clinical social workers by the board. The Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of professional clinical counselors and associate professional clinical counselors by the board. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 690
California AB 690 (20212022)
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Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors.
California AB 690 (20212022) — Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors.
Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists and associate marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. The Social Work Licensing Law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of clinical social workers and associate clinical social workers by the board. The Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of professional clinical counselors and associate professional clinical counselors by the board. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 690 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
AB 690 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Arambula — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2021-03-17 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-1, reading-2
2021-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 From Consent Calendar.
2021-04-22 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Arambula.
2021-05-27 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Arambula.
2021-05-28 From inactive file.
2021-05-28 Ordered to third reading.
2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1851.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2505.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3031.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 747, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acad8f6a-ab10-4451-8f54-8ffc49487ed9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).