California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 2117 — Marriage and family therapists: clinical social workers: professional clinical counselors.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists, associate marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, associate clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, and associate professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law provides that the registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor may be renewed before its expiration date by taking specified actions. This bill would authorize renewal of an expired registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor in the same manner in which an unexpired registration is renewed. (2) With respect to associate clinical social workers, existing law requires a registrant to comply with specified requirements to renew his or her registration, including obtaining a passing score on a state law and ethics examination. Existing law also authorizes that registration to be renewed a maximum of 5 times. This bill would instead require an associate clinical social worker to participate in the state law and ethics examination each year until successful completion of the exam. The bill would prohibit renewal or reinstatement of a registration beyond 6 years from the month that registration was issued and would require an applicant seeking to obtain a subsequent associate clinical social worker registration where no further renewals are possible to pass the state law and ethics examination as a condition of obtaining a subsequent associate clinical social worker registration. (3) Existing law requires experience gained outside of California to be accepted toward requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker and requires an applicant with education gained outside of California to complete a course in California law and ethics. Existing law also authorizes the board to issue a license in clinical social work to a person who holds a valid clinical social work license issued in another state if certain conditions are met, including completion of a course in California law and ethics. This bill would require the course in California law and ethics to be completed before registration as an associate clinical social worker. (4) Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license as a marriage and family therapist or a professional clinical counselor to a person who holds a valid license in another state or country if certain conditions are satisfied, including that the applicant's supervised experience is substantially equivalent to requirements for licensure in this state, and specifies a method for the board to consider and calculate substantial equivalency for those purposes. This bill would revise the method for determining substantially equivalent experience. (5) The bill would make other related, nonsubstantive changes. (6) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 4980.72, 4999.60, and 4999.100 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1491 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1491 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4984.01 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 93 to be operative only if this bill and AB 93 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (8) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4996.17 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1491 and AB 93 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1491, this bill and AB 93, or all 3 bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6370.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5271.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  12. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 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.

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

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4644.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  19. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4).

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 2117 ARAMBULA Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 16000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Low — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chau — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gray — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB2117 Arambula By Galgiani

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 31004
Democratic 5000
Total 36004
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Allen — Yea
Wilk — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Hill — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2117 ARAMBULA Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 68 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 48008
Democratic 14001
Republican 6000
Total 68009
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (77)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Not Voting
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mullin — Not Voting
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Not Voting
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11002
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 15002
% of votes cast 88%0%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Nazarian — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8004
Democratic 4000
Total 12004
% of votes cast 75%0%0%25%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Chiu — Not Voting
Low — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Mayes — Yea
Steinorth — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2117 do?
(1) Existing law provides for the licensure, registration, and regulation of marriage and family therapists, associate marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, associate clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, and associate professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Existing law provides that the registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor may be renewed before its expiration date by taking specified actions. This bill would authorize renewal of an expired registration for an associate marriage and family therapist, associate clinical social worker, or associate professional clinical counselor in the same manner in which an unexpired registration is renewed. (2) With respect to associate clinical social workers, existing law requires a registrant to comply with specified requirements to renew his or her registration, including obtaining a passing score on a state law and ethics examination. Existing law also authorizes that registration to be renewed a maximum of 5 times. This bill would instead require an associate clinical social worker to participate in the state law and ethics examination each year until successful completion of the exam. The bill would prohibit renewal or reinstatement of a registration beyond 6 years from the month that registration was issued and would require an applicant seeking to obtain a subsequent associate clinical social worker registration where no further renewals are possible to pass the state law and ethics examination as a condition of obtaining a subsequent associate clinical social worker registration. (3) Existing law requires experience gained outside of California to be accepted toward requirements for licensure as a clinical social worker and requires an applicant with education gained outside of California to complete a course in California law and ethics. Existing law also authorizes the board to issue a license in clinical social work to a person who holds a valid clinical social work license issued in another state if certain conditions are met, including completion of a course in California law and ethics. This bill would require the course in California law and ethics to be completed before registration as an associate clinical social worker. (4) Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license as a marriage and family therapist or a professional clinical counselor to a person who holds a valid license in another state or country if certain conditions are satisfied, including that the applicant's supervised experience is substantially equivalent to requirements for licensure in this state, and specifies a method for the board to consider and calculate substantial equivalency for those purposes. This bill would revise the method for determining substantially equivalent experience. (5) The bill would make other related, nonsubstantive changes. (6) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 4980.72, 4999.60, and 4999.100 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1491 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1491 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (7) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4984.01 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 93 to be operative only if this bill and AB 93 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (8) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 4996.17 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1491 and AB 93 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1491, this bill and AB 93, or all 3 bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors AB 2117?
AB 2117 is sponsored by Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2117?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2018. Enacted.
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