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Bill	Healing arts: continuing education: maternal mental health.	Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, establishes the Board of Psychology and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of psychologists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physician assistants.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2581	California AB 2581 (20232024)	bill	Healing arts continuing education maternal mental health	enacted	Maienschein	6	22	6	2024-02-14	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b69b6cc1-92a8-46ce-8e72-4375e215a575	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2581	fd5ab7414c6ae25f4a4516394a28905171d1f61058d9f02d04649467c79ecac3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2581 (20232024) — Healing arts: continuing education: maternal mental health.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. Existing law, the Psychology Licensing Law, establishes the Board of Psychology and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of psychologists. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physician assistants.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/14/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2581 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/28/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2581 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2581 Maienschein et al. By Limón — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2581 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)
• Bains — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5089.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-15 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-06-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5266.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-21 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6570.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 836, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b69b6cc1-92a8-46ce-8e72-4375e215a575. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).