republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-363.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marriage and family therapists."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "California SB 363 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marriage and family therapists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff90c895-277e-4977-807c-9756a8d0e257"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363"
source_hash: "284dbedf25682a1874508bfea07c470ffe349520647b730569b31d9d42a05879"
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 363 (20112012) — Marriage and family therapists.

Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36399INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36398AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36397AMD)
4. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36396AMD)
5. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36394CHP)
6. **SB363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363)
7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB363&version=20110SB36395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 363 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB363 Emmerson Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 616.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 901.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-15** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2770.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2939.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2402.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff90c895-277e-4977-807c-9756a8d0e257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).