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type: "Bill"
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title: "Occupational therapy."
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description: "Existing law, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of occupational therapy by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Existing law defines the \"practice of occupational therapy\" and specifies that occupational therapy services encompass occupation therapy, assessment, treatment, education, and consultation with individuals referred for those services after diagnosis of a disease or disorder. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing occupational therapy without being licensed under the act and makes a violation of that prohibition a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2221"
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citation: "California AB 2221 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Occupational therapy."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-02-12"
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last_action: "2018-09-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf49ab5d-32bd-4647-98ac-34a9994addfe"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221"
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source_hash: "1b01fa09ce64d1f2d655b381ec815c52bf18e45fd9d8bbae181772ca5742f33a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2221 (20172018) — Occupational therapy.
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Existing law, the Occupational Therapy Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of occupational therapy by the California Board of Occupational Therapy. Existing law defines the "practice of occupational therapy" and specifies that occupational therapy services encompass occupation therapy, assessment, treatment, education, and consultation with individuals referred for those services after diagnosis of a disease or disorder. Existing law prohibits a person from practicing occupational therapy without being licensed under the act and makes a violation of that prohibition a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222199INT)
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2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222198AMD)
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3. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222197AMD)
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4. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222196AMD)
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5. **07/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222195AMD)
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6. **08/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222194AMD)
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7. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222193AMD)
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8. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222192AMD)
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9. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222190CHP)
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10. **AB2221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221)
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11. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2221&version=20170AB222191ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2221 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2221 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2221 Bloom By Dodd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bloom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** 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-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-05** 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-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5410.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5966.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6996.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf49ab5d-32bd-4647-98ac-34a9994addfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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