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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Naturopathic doctors."
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description: "Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Naturopathic Medicine Committee in the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to perform various tasks, including dispensing, administering, ordering, and prescribing nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, among other substances. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to furnish or order drugs when, among other requirements, the drugs are ordered or furnished under physician supervision. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to independently prescribe epinephrine and natural and synthetic hormones, as specified."
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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: "SB 1446"
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citation: "California SB 1446 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Naturopathic doctors."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2012-02-24"
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last_action: "2012-09-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0794d86-f2ae-4ccd-96e6-b3d29d522f6c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446"
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source_hash: "9293f451800a6503fe016daf675f7017d8d7f59a847b93d9bd749fa956257255"
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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 SB 1446 (20112012) — Naturopathic doctors.
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Existing law, the Naturopathic Doctors Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors by the Naturopathic Medicine Committee in the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to perform various tasks, including dispensing, administering, ordering, and prescribing nutraceuticals, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, among other substances. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to furnish or order drugs when, among other requirements, the drugs are ordered or furnished under physician supervision. Existing law authorizes a naturopathic doctor to independently prescribe epinephrine and natural and synthetic hormones, as specified.
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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. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144699INT)
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2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144698AMD)
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3. **05/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144697AMD)
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4. **06/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144696AMD)
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5. **06/28/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144695AMD)
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6. **08/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144694AMD)
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7. **09/14/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144692CHP)
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8. **SB1446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446)
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9. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1446&version=20110SB144693ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1446 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading By ENG — **74–4** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB1446 Negrete McLeod Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB1446 Negrete McLeod — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
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- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-24** Set for hearing May 7.
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- **2012-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3446.) (May 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3530.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-12** 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`
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- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 6086.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 6335.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4965.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2012-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 333, Statutes of 2012.
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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/a0794d86-f2ae-4ccd-96e6-b3d29d522f6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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