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

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Previous Session Letters

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2020 Letters and Prior

Updated 12/20/2023