Who sponsors AB 1860?

AB 1860 is sponsored by Ward, Christopher M. (Democratic) and Haney, Matt (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

AB 1860 — Substance abuse treatment: registration and certification.

Last action September 25, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2022. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law grants the State Department of Health Care Services the sole authority in state government to determine the qualifications of personnel working within alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs licensed, certified, or funded under state law. Existing law requires the department to require that a person providing counseling services within those programs be registered with or certified by a certifying organization approved by the department, except as specified. This bill would exempt graduate students participating in supervised internships affiliated with university programs in psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling, who are completing supervised practicum hours to meet postgraduate requirements, and associates registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences from the registration and certification requirement. This bill would require exempted programs providing practicum for graduate students to report to all department-approved certifying organizations a graduate student who has been removed from practicum as a result of an ethical or professional conduct violation. Existing law prohibits the department from approving a certifying organization that does not, prior to registering or certifying a counselor, contact other department-approved certifying organizations to determine whether an individual has had their registration or certification revoked. Existing law requires certifying organizations to deny an individual's request for registration if the individual's certification has been previously revoked. This bill would prohibit the department from approving a certifying organization that does not, prior to registering or certifying a counselor, contact other department-approved certifying organizations to determine whether an individual has been removed from a postgraduate practicum for an ethical or professional violation. This bill would also require a certifying organization to deny an individual's request for registration if the individual has been removed from a postgraduate practicum for an ethical or professional violation. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions on or before December 31, 2025. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11833 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 2473 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2473 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/25/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 25, 2022
Enrolled 09/02/22 - Enrolled pdf September 02, 2022
Amended 08/22/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 22, 2022
Amended 08/11/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 11, 2022
Amended 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly pdf March 24, 2022
Introduced 02/08/22 - Introduced pdf February 08, 2022
AB1860 View text html

Action History

September 25, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2022.
September 25, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
September 13, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
August 31, 2022
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
August 31, 2022
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
August 31, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5366.).
August 30, 2022
Ordered to special consent calendar.
August 23, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 22, 2022
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 15, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 11, 2022
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
August 11, 2022
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).
June 20, 2022
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
June 09, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 01, 2022
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
May 24, 2022
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 23, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4830.)
May 19, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 19, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
April 27, 2022
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
March 28, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
March 28, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
March 24, 2022
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
March 23, 2022
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 22).
February 18, 2022
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
February 09, 2022
From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
February 08, 2022
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Ward, Christopher M. Democratic

Co-sponsors (1)

Haney, Matt Democratic

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1860 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERMAN

September 01, 2022

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	31	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	38	0	0	1
Republican	8	0	0	1
Total	77	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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Special Consent AB1860

August 31, 2022

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Republican	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	23	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Bates	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended

August 11, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

June 20, 2022

Passed 4 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	2
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	0	0	0	1
Total	4	0	0	3
% of votes cast	57%	0%	0%	43%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Kamlager	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Not Voting
Bradford	—	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

June 08, 2022

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	1
Democratic	2	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	2
% of votes cast	82%	0%	0%	18%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Eggman	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Roth	—	Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Not Voting
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea

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AB 1860 Ward Assembly Third Reading

May 23, 2022

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	9	0	0	0
Democratic	26	0	0	4
Unaffiliated	38	0	0	1
Total	73	0	0	5
% of votes cast	94%	0%	0%	6%

How each member voted (78)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Not Voting
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Not Voting
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Not Voting
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

May 19, 2022

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	0
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	16	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

March 22, 2022

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (14)

Member	Party	Vote
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1860 do?: Existing law grants the State Department of Health Care Services the sole authority in state government to determine the qualifications of personnel working within alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment programs licensed, certified, or funded under state law. Existing law requires the department to require that a person providing counseling services within those programs be registered with or certified by a certifying organization approved by the department, except as specified. This bill would exempt graduate students participating in supervised internships affiliated with university programs in psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, or counseling, who are completing supervised practicum hours to meet postgraduate requirements, and associates registered with the Board of Behavioral Sciences from the registration and certification requirement. This bill would require exempted programs providing practicum for graduate students to report to all department-approved certifying organizations a graduate student who has been removed from practicum as a result of an ethical or professional conduct violation. Existing law prohibits the department from approving a certifying organization that does not, prior to registering or certifying a counselor, contact other department-approved certifying organizations to determine whether an individual has had their registration or certification revoked. Existing law requires certifying organizations to deny an individual's request for registration if the individual's certification has been previously revoked. This bill would prohibit the department from approving a certifying organization that does not, prior to registering or certifying a counselor, contact other department-approved certifying organizations to determine whether an individual has been removed from a postgraduate practicum for an ethical or professional violation. This bill would also require a certifying organization to deny an individual's request for registration if the individual has been removed from a postgraduate practicum for an ethical or professional violation. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions on or before December 31, 2025. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11833 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 2473 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2473 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors AB 1860?: AB 1860 is sponsored by Ward, Christopher M. (Democratic) and Haney, Matt (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1860?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 08, 2022. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 1860
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 08, 2022
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Ward, Christopher M.

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