republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1428.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Psychological testing technicians."
description: "The Psychology Licensing Law provides for the licensure and regulation of psychologists by the Board of Psychology. The act prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of psychology or representing that the person is a psychologist without a license, except as specified, and makes any violation of the act a crime. Existing law authorizes a person other than a licensed psychologist to register with the board as a registered psychological associate and perform specified psychological functions if specified requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1428"
citation: "California SB 1428 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Psychological testing technicians."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dcc9449-8472-436c-94ab-79de7aa58cf7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1428"
source_hash: "5d6ed5f25bc98d9a88262f20df90ac80a04a55a92f7532ab03b0cbe9ced64f7b"
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 1428 (20212022) — Psychological testing technicians.

The Psychology Licensing Law provides for the licensure and regulation of psychologists by the Board of Psychology. The act prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of psychology or representing that the person is a psychologist without a license, except as specified, and makes any violation of the act a crime. Existing law authorizes a person other than a licensed psychologist to register with the board as a registered psychological associate and perform specified psychological functions if specified requirements are met.

## 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=202120220SB1428&version=20210SB142899INT)
2. **05/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1428&version=20210SB142898AMD)
3. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1428&version=20210SB142896CHP)
4. **SB1428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1428)
5. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1428&version=20210SB142897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1428 Archuleta et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1428 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Salas — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3308.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-23** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3980.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** June 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 622, 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/5dcc9449-8472-436c-94ab-79de7aa58cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).