---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture."
description: "Acupuncture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1943"
citation: "California AB 1943 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acupuncture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-14"
last_action: "2002-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a0100f6-7bcc-4973-b2de-99913b5f1e67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943"
source_hash: "210ac466636a7c2ae34abc74b61abc9f7d8c43d1e6de56ea1dd0bded88a62c2d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1943 (20012002) — Acupuncture.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194399INT)
2. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194398AMD)
3. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194397AMD)
4. **06/17/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194396AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194395AMD)
6. **09/22/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194393CHP)
7. **AB1943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943)
8. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1943&version=20010AB194394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1943 Chu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1943 Chu By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1943 Chu Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Mountjoy — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 781, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 8283.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2002-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 6515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2002-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a0100f6-7bcc-4973-b2de-99913b5f1e67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).