republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1758.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Board of Behavioral Sciences: marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors: supervision of applicants for licensure via videoconferencing."
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, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act. A violation of any of those acts is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1758"
citation: "California AB 1758 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Behavioral Sciences: marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors: supervision of applicants for licensure via videoconferencing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/132d5eea-ef1c-4923-b9d8-ad3e2b702256"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758"
source_hash: "fb57f2164fd88255028c15d2ac886ac34c1d97cfbd231c450f9a89748b3feeb5"
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 1758 (20212022) — Board of Behavioral Sciences: marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors: supervision of applicants for licensure via videoconferencing.

(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, the Clinical Social Worker Practice Act, and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act. A violation of any of those acts is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758&version=20210AB175899INT)
2. **03/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758&version=20210AB175898AMD)
3. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758&version=20210AB175896CHP)
4. **AB1758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758)
5. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1758&version=20210AB175897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1758 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1758 Aguiar-Curry By Archuleta Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4577.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4901.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/132d5eea-ef1c-4923-b9d8-ad3e2b702256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).