republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians: sunset: licensure."
description: "Existing law establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and, until January 1, 2025, tasks the board with various licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions related to vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians under the Vocational Nursing Practice Act and the Psychiatric Technicians Law, respectively. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties as are delegated by the board, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of either the Vocational Nursing Practice Act or the Psychiatric Technicians Law a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3255"
citation: "California AB 3255 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians", "licensure", "sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/092696b8-45f9-449f-bc81-263fd8364c50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255"
source_hash: "855c498877c103f478fc3ee172adbfde52a8f9b0a5050b154cab890f498b1350"
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 3255 (20232024) — Vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians: sunset: licensure.

Existing law establishes the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and, until January 1, 2025, tasks the board with various licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions related to vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians under the Vocational Nursing Practice Act and the Psychiatric Technicians Law, respectively. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, requires the board to select an executive officer to perform duties as are delegated by the board, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of either the Vocational Nursing Practice Act or the Psychiatric Technicians Law a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325599INT)
2. **04/24/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325598AMD)
3. **06/25/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325597AMD)
4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325596AMD)
5. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325594CHP)
6. **AB3255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255)
7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3255&version=20230AB325595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB3255 Berman et al. By Ashby — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3255 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3255 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Ashby — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/092696b8-45f9-449f-bc81-263fd8364c50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).