republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1024.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the board to regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act (LMFTA) , the Educational Psychologist Practice Act (EPPA) , the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act (CSWPA) , and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act (LPCCA) . Existing law makes a violation of the provisions under those acts a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1024"
citation: "California SB 1024 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Behavioral Sciences", "Healing arts", "licensees and registrants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e7e0fe2-ffe7-446e-9f2c-b967e8de779a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024"
source_hash: "0f4aa6dd9bae8856cd799f663a7ec2dbe238a3b9e7d321a5ffca083640048d21"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1024 (20232024) — Healing arts: Board of Behavioral Sciences: licensees and registrants.

(1) Existing law establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs and requires the board to regulate various registrants and licensees under the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act (LMFTA) , the Educational Psychologist Practice Act (EPPA) , the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act (CSWPA) , and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act (LPCCA) . Existing law makes a violation of the provisions under those acts a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024&version=20230SB102499INT)
2. **03/14/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024&version=20230SB102498AMD)
3. **05/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024&version=20230SB102497AMD)
4. **07/18/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024&version=20230SB102495CHP)
5. **SB1024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024)
6. **07/08/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1024&version=20230SB102496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1024 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1024 Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1024 Ochoa Bogh — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Set for hearing March 18.
- **2024-03-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3332.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2024-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** June 4 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6037.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-07-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4932.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 160, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e7e0fe2-ffe7-446e-9f2c-b967e8de779a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).