AB177Introduced in the Assembly
Makes various changes relating to audiology, fitting and dispensing hearing aids and speech-language pathology. (BDR 54-199)
Introduced by Cecelia Gonzalez, District 16
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to professions; providing for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants; authorizing certain persons to engage in the supervised practice of speech-language pathology; revising the scope of practice of audiologists, hearing aid specialists and speech-language pathologists; requiring certain persons to be licensed and regulated as audiologists or speech-language pathologists; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; authorizing the Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensing Board to waive fees in certain circumstances; requiring that certain fees be discounted for certain persons affiliated with the military; revising the required qualifications for and processes for issuing certain licenses; eliminating the requirement for a licensed audiologist to obtain an endorsement before engaging in the practice of fitting and dispensing hearing aids; revising provisions relating to the sale of hearing aids; imposing certain requirements relating to the classification of persons who practice speech-language pathology in schools under a collective bargaining agreement; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
Chapter 76.
May 28, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · May 21, 2025
19
Yes
2
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | No |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 155.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 40, Nays: 2.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Do pass.
Read second time.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.
In Assembly. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Approved by the Governor.
Chapter 76.
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