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type: "Bill"
title: "Psychology: supervision."
description: "The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology to license and regulate the practice of psychology. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a psychologist to have engaged in supervised professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist, or under suitable alternative supervision, for at least 2 years, at least one year of which is required to occur after the applicant has been awarded the qualifying doctoral degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2754"
citation: "California AB 2754 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Psychology: supervision."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03aee7e9-01b6-4412-b953-e2f574dfc677"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754"
source_hash: "e13184a7db1e7b4695287613b2c4311130524fa1c098e3bf63bfa36aa5b3a811"
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 2754 (20212022) — Psychology: supervision.
The Psychology Licensing Law establishes the Board of Psychology to license and regulate the practice of psychology. Existing law requires an applicant for licensure as a psychologist to have engaged in supervised professional experience under the direction of a licensed psychologist, or under suitable alternative supervision, for at least 2 years, at least one year of which is required to occur after the applicant has been awarded the qualifying doctoral degree.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754&version=20210AB275499INT)
2. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754&version=20210AB275498AMD)
3. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754&version=20210AB275496CHP)
4. **AB2754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754)
5. **08/09/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2754&version=20210AB275497ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2754 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2754 Bauer-Kahan et al. By Becker Urgency Clause — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Valladares — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4740.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4677.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, 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/03aee7e9-01b6-4412-b953-e2f574dfc677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).