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Bill	Acupuncture: regulation.	Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the Acupuncture Board and makes it responsible for enforcing and administering the act, including licensing persons who meet specified licensure requirements. Under the act, licensees are titled "acupuncturists," and are authorized to perform designated activities pursuant to their license. The unlawful practice of acupuncture and any other violation of the act is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 628	California SB 628 (20112012)	bill	Acupuncture: regulation.	enacted	Yee	13	33	9	2011-02-18	2012-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/3d129362-43fb-4f71-b252-15e6394bf1d4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB628	397504f7c72bcdc2d8914760c1fde2ecbcdad2f854b319eab60f54a9d4d76776	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 628 (20112012) — Acupuncture: regulation.

Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, establishes the Acupuncture Board and makes it responsible for enforcing and administering the act, including licensing persons who meet specified licensure requirements. Under the act, licensees are titled "acupuncturists," and are authorized to perform designated activities pursuant to their license. The unlawful practice of acupuncture and any other violation of the act is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/23/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/22/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/09/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 05/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 05/31/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/29/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/06/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/14/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. SB628 (committee substitute) — source
13. 08/27/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB628 Yee Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 628 Yee Senate Third Reading By ENG — 59–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–4 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yee — primary (person)
• Eng — coauthor (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2011-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-03-25 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2011-04-04 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-05 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2011-04-20 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-04-21 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2011-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 848.) (May 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1086.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 1266.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-20 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-06-29 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
• 2011-07-05 Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. committee-failure
• 2012-02-23 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
• 2012-05-09 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
• 2012-05-31 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
• 2012-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 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
• 2012-08-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 6146.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4764.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d129362-43fb-4f71-b252-15e6394bf1d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).