republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1536.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California: vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2022, establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California to license and regulate vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians. Existing law requires the board to discipline the holder of any license whose default has been entered or who has been heard by the board and found guilty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1536"
citation: "California AB 1536 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California: vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business and Professions"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bad934e4-a0a6-4584-8bb1-a32b3b767dcb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536"
source_hash: "b07c99728c019db0b25d5eb386800bc220defca8b5a5e66c6a2fb5e4388c4105"
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 AB 1536 (20212022) — Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California: vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians.

Existing law, until January 1, 2022, establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California to license and regulate vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians. Existing law requires the board to discipline the holder of any license whose default has been entered or who has been heard by the board and found guilty.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153699INT)
2. **04/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153698AMD)
3. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153697AMD)
4. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153696AMD)
5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153694CHP)
6. **AB1536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536)
7. **09/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1536&version=20210AB153695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1536 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1536 Business and Professions Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LOW — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1536 B. & P. (Low) By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business and Professions — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1619.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2343.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3087.)
- **2021-09-10** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3121.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 632, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bad934e4-a0a6-4584-8bb1-a32b3b767dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).