---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 943"
citation: "California SB 943 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-03-31"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b091f550-68ad-4d7f-ad9a-2629c253238d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943"
source_hash: "1657b6caefdb87151065610394bb00962e9770e0cbdd9afde370f3c2433d334d"
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 SB 943 (20112012) — Healing arts.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/31/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94399INT)
2. **05/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94398AMD)
3. **05/19/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94397AMD)
4. **06/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94396AMD)
5. **07/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94395AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94394AMD)
7. **08/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94393AMD)
8. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94391CHP)
9. **SB943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943)
10. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB943&version=20110SB94392ENR)

## Votes

- SB 943 B. P. & E.D. Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB943 Committee on B.P. & E.D. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB943 Committee on B.P. & E.D. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-04-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after May 1.
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 849.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1181.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** From consent calendar.
- **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 2649.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2750.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2245.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b091f550-68ad-4d7f-ad9a-2629c253238d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).