LEGISLATION
Upcoming AND RECENT Legislative Changes
AB 665 (Carrillo), Minors: consent to mental health services (Effective July 1, 2024)
AB 282 Advisory – FINAL – October 24, 2023
SB 816 (Roth), Professions and Vocations (Effective January 1, 2024)
SB 887 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. Consumer Affairs, Chapter 510, Statutes of 2023) (Effective January 1, 2024)
SB 815 (Roth), Healing Arts: Registered Research Psychoanalysts (Effective January 1, 2025)
SB 372 (Menjivar), Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes (Effective January 1, 2024).
- SB 731 (Durazo, Chapter 814 Statutes of 2022) - Criminal Records: Relief (Effective July 1, 2023)
- AB 32 (Aguiar-Curry, Chapter 515 Statutes of 2022) - Telehealth (Effective January 1, 2023)
SB 1428 (Archuleta), Psychological testing technicians (Effective January 1, 2024).
- SB 401 (Pan) Psychology: unprofessional conduct: disciplinary action: sexual acts. (Effective January 1, 2023).
- AB 2754 (Bauer-Kahan), Psychology: supervision (Effective August 22, 2022).
- AB 486 (Friedman), Emotional support animals (Effective January 1, 2022).
- SB 801 (Archuleta), Healing arts: Board of Behavioral Sciences: Board of Psychology: licensees (Effective January 1, 2022).
- AB 107 (Salas), Licensure: veterans and military spouses (Effective January 1, 2022).
- AB 2113 (Low), Refugees, asylees, and special immigrant visa holders: professional licensing: initial licensure process (Effective January 1, 2021).
- AB 2253 (Low), Professional Licensure (Effective January 1, 2021)
- SB 1474 (BP&ED), Business and Professions (Effective January 1, 2021).
- AB 1145 (Cristina Garcia) Child Abuse: Reportable Conduct (Effective January 1, 2021).
- AB 1076 (Ting) Chapter 578, Statutes of 2019 – Criminal Records: Automatic Relief (Effective January 1, 2021).
- SB 425 (Hill) Chapter 849, Statutes of 2019 – Health Care Practitioners: Licensee's File: Probationary Physician's and Surgeon's Certificate: Unprofessional Conduct (Effective January 1, 2020).
- SB 786 (Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development) Chapter 456, Statutes of 2019 – Healing Arts (Effective January 1, 2020).
- AB 2138 (Chiu) – Licensing Boards: Denial of Application: Revocation or Suspension of Licensure: Criminal Conviction
(Effective July 1, 2020) - AB 89 (Levine) – Psychologists: Suicide Prevention Training (Effective January 1, 2020)
Previous Legislative Advisories
Current Legislative Positions
Previous Session Letters
Updated 12/20/2023