republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe body art."
description: "Existing law, the Safe Body Art Act, regulates the performance of body art, as defined, and the permitting of body art facilities. Existing law defines \"body art facility\" as the specified building, section of a building, or vehicle in which a practitioner performs body art. Under existing law, performing body art without being registered, operating a body art facility without a health permit, or operating a temporary body art event without a permit is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1168"
citation: "California AB 1168 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe body art."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eecd9afd-5acb-4488-9d52-afef40e6c225"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168"
source_hash: "105b7ceea6603c3560543a3f86f173f3f23fa25429a4d8fcbf6db03bdc30b463"
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 1168 (20132014) — Safe body art.

Existing law, the Safe Body Art Act, regulates the performance of body art, as defined, and the permitting of body art facilities. Existing law defines "body art facility" as the specified building, section of a building, or vehicle in which a practitioner performs body art. Under existing law, performing body art without being registered, operating a body art facility without a health permit, or operating a temporary body art event without a permit is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168&version=20130AB116899INT)
2. **06/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168&version=20130AB116898AMD)
3. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168&version=20130AB116897AMD)
4. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168&version=20130AB116895CHP)
5. **AB1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1168&version=20130AB116896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1168 PAN Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1168 PAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1168 Pan By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 799.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2182.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3039.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eecd9afd-5acb-4488-9d52-afef40e6c225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).