California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 632 — Marriage and family therapists.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2012.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes, for specified applicants, a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client-centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients, except that trainees may counsel clients while not enrolled in a practicum if the period of lapsed enrollment is less than 90 calendar days, and if that period is immediately preceded and immediately followed by enrollment in a practicum course. Existing law specifies requirements of the degree program that an applicant must complete to be eligible for licensure. This bill would revise these provisions to allow trainees who begin graduate study before August 1, 2012, and complete that study on or before December 31, 2018, to gain experience and counsel clients outside of a practicum. The bill, with respect to certain trainees, including trainees who begin graduate study before August 1, 2012, and do not complete that study on or before December 31, 2018, would allow those trainees to gain experience and counsel clients outside of a practicum provided that the period of lapse is immediately preceded by enrollment in a practicum course and immediately followed by enrollment in a practicum course or completion of the degree program. Some of these provisions would operate retroactively from January 1, 2012, and the bill would state the intent of the Legislature in that regard. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2012.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3955.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5304.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12).

  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.

  11. Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P.

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  13. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2723.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to second reading.

  16. Read third time and amended.

  17. Ordered to third reading.

  18. From consent calendar.

  19. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  20. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 2622.) (January 9).

  21. Set for hearing January 9.

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  23. Hearing postponed by committee.

  24. Set for hearing May 2.

  25. Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. Set for hearing April 25.

  27. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  28. Set for hearing April 11.

  29. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  30. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  31. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  32. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  33. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Emmerson · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Emmerson

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause)

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33004
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Corbett — Yea
De León — Yea
Harman — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Pavley — Not Voting
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 632 Emmerson Third Reading Urgency By HAYASHI

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71006
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gorell — Yea
Halderman — Yea
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Carter — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Conway — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Cook — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Hayashi — Yea
Beall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Huffman — Not Voting
Jeffries — Not Voting
Knight — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Not Voting
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Huber — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Williams — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Total 9000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Butler — Yea
Eng — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Ma — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea

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3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Evans — Yea
Harman — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Leno — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Liu — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Price — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 632 do?
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law specifies the education required for licensure, which includes, for specified applicants, a requirement for a practicum that involves direct client contact and hours of experience relating to client-centered advocacy, as defined. Existing law authorizes trainees to perform activities and services in certain work settings provided that these constitute part of the trainee's supervised course of study and the person is designated as a trainee. Existing law also authorizes trainees to gain hours of experience outside the required practicum under certain conditions, but requires trainees who gain experience outside the required practicum to be enrolled in a practicum in order to counsel clients, except that trainees may counsel clients while not enrolled in a practicum if the period of lapsed enrollment is less than 90 calendar days, and if that period is immediately preceded and immediately followed by enrollment in a practicum course. Existing law specifies requirements of the degree program that an applicant must complete to be eligible for licensure. This bill would revise these provisions to allow trainees who begin graduate study before August 1, 2012, and complete that study on or before December 31, 2018, to gain experience and counsel clients outside of a practicum. The bill, with respect to certain trainees, including trainees who begin graduate study before August 1, 2012, and do not complete that study on or before December 31, 2018, would allow those trainees to gain experience and counsel clients outside of a practicum provided that the period of lapse is immediately preceded by enrollment in a practicum course and immediately followed by enrollment in a practicum course or completion of the degree program. Some of these provisions would operate retroactively from January 1, 2012, and the bill would state the intent of the Legislature in that regard. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 632?
SB 632 is sponsored by Emmerson.
What is the current status of SB 632?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 632?
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