CaliforniaPhysical therapy board keeps operating through January 2031
The law keeps the physical therapy board operating through January 1, 2031, changes license fees, and limits some disciplinary petitions.
What it does
The Physical Therapy Board of California may keep enforcing its rules and appointing an executive officer through January 1, 2031.
License applicants and holders face specified fees, including $300 application and renewal fees, with higher limits for some fees the board may adjust.
Some people seeking to restore a license or change discipline cannot have their petitions considered because of certain sex-offender registration or sexual misconduct convictions.
Argument forKeeping the board and its executive officer in place may avoid a gap in licensing and oversight for physical therapy professionals through 2030.
Argument againstHigher license and renewal fees could increase costs for physical therapists, assistants, and people applying to enter the profession.
More detail
The Physical Therapy Board of California may continue enforcing the law and appointing an executive officer. This applies to the state board that licenses and regulates physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. The board’s authority and the executive officer position remain subject to the law governing the board. These powers continue until January 1, 2031, when the cited sections are repealed.
The board must charge the listed license fees and may adjust some of them within new limits. The fees cover physical therapist and physical therapist assistant applications, licenses, renewals, duplicate documents, and letters of good standing. Application fees and physical therapist assistant fees are set at $300 unless the board changes them within the stated limits. The physical therapist license fee is $150, and its renewal fee is $300, subject to the stated maximums. Examination fees remain tied to the board’s actual examination costs. Duplicate-document and good-standing fees may not exceed the stated cost and dollar limits. The supplied text does not state a separate effective date for these fee provisions.
The board must not consider certain petitions from people with disqualifying convictions or sexual misconduct convictions. This applies to petitions to restore a revoked or suspended license or change probation or another disciplinary penalty. The restriction applies when the conviction would automatically require denial of a license and the person must register as a sex offender, unless registration is based only on a misdemeanor conviction under Penal Code Section 314. It also applies when the conduct behind the conviction violated Business and Professions Code Section 2660(m). Other existing restrictions still bar consideration while a person is under a criminal sentence or while a related accusation or probation-revocation petition is pending. The restriction applies when the board considers a petition under Section 2661.7; the supplied text gives no separate effective date.
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 14Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 14Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 31Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 25Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6483.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2774 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 24In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2774 Berman By Wahab. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 24Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).Passed Senate
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 1Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 30From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29).Major
- Jun 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- May 27In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2774 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN. Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5348.)Passed Assembly
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
- May 13In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- May 6In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 23Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.Minor
- Apr 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 22Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Apr 21From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 21).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 16Referred to Com. on B. & P.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- Feb 23Read first time. To print.Introduced
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