BILL NUMBER: SB 479INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Bates FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act relating to healing arts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 479, as introduced, Bates. Healing arts. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by various boards, as defined, within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Board of Behavioral Sciences and the Board of Psychology. This bill would declare the intent of the legislature to enact legislation to license and regulate the profession of applied behavioral analysis. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the legislature to enact legislation to license and regulate the profession of applied behavioral analysis.