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type: "Bill"
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title: "Safe Body Art Act."
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description: "Under existing law, every person engaged in the business of tattooing, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics is required to register with the county in which that business is conducted, obtain a copy of the county's sterilization, sanitation, and safety standards, as established by the California Conference of Local Health Officers and distributed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, and pay a one-time registration fee of $25. Existing law allows the county to charge an additional fee, if necessary to cover the cost of registration and inspection, and allows a county to adopt regulations that do not conflict with, or are more comprehensive than, standards adopted by the department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 300"
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citation: "California AB 300 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Safe Body Art Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2011-02-09"
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last_action: "2011-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/692461d4-97e6-44b4-a1dc-ddb4b08e1390"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300"
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source_hash: "2979df0e057f66b2b24b3c2d17e398ea30dc9f1178a307e7a4bdaba38af76e38"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 300 (20112012) — Safe Body Art Act.
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Under existing law, every person engaged in the business of tattooing, body piercing, or permanent cosmetics is required to register with the county in which that business is conducted, obtain a copy of the county's sterilization, sanitation, and safety standards, as established by the California Conference of Local Health Officers and distributed by the State Department of Public Health, as specified, and pay a one-time registration fee of $25. Existing law allows the county to charge an additional fee, if necessary to cover the cost of registration and inspection, and allows a county to adopt regulations that do not conflict with, or are more comprehensive than, standards adopted by the department.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30099INT)
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2. **03/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30098AMD)
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3. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30097AMD)
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4. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30096AMD)
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5. **08/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30095AMD)
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6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30093CHP)
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7. **AB300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300)
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8. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB300&version=20110AB30094ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB300 Ma By Alquist — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 300 MA Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 300 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ma — primary (person)
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- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
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- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
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- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 909.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-04-25** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2011-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2137.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 2831.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 638, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/692461d4-97e6-44b4-a1dc-ddb4b08e1390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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