California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 704 — Healing arts: licensees: Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 387, Statutes of 2011.

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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 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists and marriage and family therapist interns and trainees by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires the issuance of a license to practice marriage and family therapy to qualified applicants, as defined, who pass a board-administered written or oral examination or, under specified circumstances, a clinical vignette written examination. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires each applicant to be examined by the board and, on and after January 1, 2014, upon a specified determination by the board, requires the issuance of a license to each applicant or registrant meeting specified requirements who successfully passes the Association of Social Work Boards Clinical Level Examination administered by the Association of Social Work Boards and a separate California jurisprudence and ethics examination incorporated or developed and administered by the board. Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors and interns by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to any person meeting specified educational requirements, satisfying the supervised experience requirement, and providing evidence of a passing score on a national licensing examination, as determined by the board. This bill would repeal those provisions that would have become operative on January 1, 2014. The bill would instead, for the practice areas of marriage and family therapy, social work, and professional clinical counselors, revise and recast provisions related to examinations to require, on and after January 1, 2013, the passage of specified clinical examinations and a California law and ethics examination, subject to specified fees. The bill would require applicants for licensure to retake the law and ethics examination under certain circumstances, as specified. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2013, require marriage and family therapist interns, associate clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselor interns to take the law and ethics examination, subject to specified fees. The bill would authorize the board to adopt the Association of Social Work Boards Clinical Level Examination as the clinical examination for social workers, upon a specified determination. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 4999.120 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 146, to be operative only if SB 146 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2012, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 387, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 2747.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. (Page 2581.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.

  11. In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  12. Ordered to the Assembly.

  13. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 2334.) Ordered to the Senate.

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

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

  21. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 984.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  22. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  23. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.

  24. Set for hearing May 2.

  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 541.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  26. Set for hearing April 4.

  27. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

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

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

Sponsors

  • Negrete McLeod · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Negrete McLeod

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB704 Negrete McLeod Concurrence

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Harman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Leno — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Alquist — Not Voting
Anderson — Yea
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — 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

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SB 704 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By YAMADA

Passed 74 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71303
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 74303
% of votes cast 93%4%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Halderman — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Butler — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Conway — Yea
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Block — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Pan — Yea
Silva — Not Voting
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Miller — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Cook — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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SB 704 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By YAMADA

Passed 66 Yea · 10 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65804
Republican 0200
Democratic 1000
Total 661004
% of votes cast 83%13%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gorell — Not Voting
Halderman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Eng — Yea
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Hill — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Fong — Yea
Conway — Yea
Allen — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Cook — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Davis — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Campos — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Knight — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Logue — Nay
Norby — Nay
Wagner — Not Voting
Achadjian — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Huber — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading SB704 Negrete McLeod

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Cannella — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Harman — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

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
Wyland — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Price — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Yea
Emmerson — Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 704 do?
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists and marriage and family therapist interns and trainees by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires the issuance of a license to practice marriage and family therapy to qualified applicants, as defined, who pass a board-administered written or oral examination or, under specified circumstances, a clinical vignette written examination. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law requires each applicant to be examined by the board and, on and after January 1, 2014, upon a specified determination by the board, requires the issuance of a license to each applicant or registrant meeting specified requirements who successfully passes the Association of Social Work Boards Clinical Level Examination administered by the Association of Social Work Boards and a separate California jurisprudence and ethics examination incorporated or developed and administered by the board. Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors and interns by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to any person meeting specified educational requirements, satisfying the supervised experience requirement, and providing evidence of a passing score on a national licensing examination, as determined by the board. This bill would repeal those provisions that would have become operative on January 1, 2014. The bill would instead, for the practice areas of marriage and family therapy, social work, and professional clinical counselors, revise and recast provisions related to examinations to require, on and after January 1, 2013, the passage of specified clinical examinations and a California law and ethics examination, subject to specified fees. The bill would require applicants for licensure to retake the law and ethics examination under certain circumstances, as specified. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2013, require marriage and family therapist interns, associate clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselor interns to take the law and ethics examination, subject to specified fees. The bill would authorize the board to adopt the Association of Social Work Boards Clinical Level Examination as the clinical examination for social workers, upon a specified determination. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 4999.120 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 146, to be operative only if SB 146 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2012, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors SB 704?
SB 704 is sponsored by Negrete McLeod.
What is the current status of SB 704?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
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