Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates clinical laboratories and certain clinical laboratory personnel performing clinical laboratory tests or examinations, subject to certain exceptions, including individuals who perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for sale as an over-the-counter test kit. Under the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners licenses and regulates chiropractors.
California AB 2143 (20132014) — Clinical laboratories: chiropractors.
Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates clinical laboratories and certain clinical laboratory personnel performing clinical laboratory tests or examinations, subject to certain exceptions, including individuals who perform clinical laboratory tests or examinations approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for sale as an over-the-counter test kit. Under the Chiropractic Act, enacted by an initiative measure, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners licenses and regulates chiropractors.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection to Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2143 WILLIAMS Third Reading Urgency — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Williams — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2014-03-28 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2014-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-23 From consent calendar.
2014-05-23 Ordered to third reading.
2014-05-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5163.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5337.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-11 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4377.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-07 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-08-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2014-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f118b235-227e-4e27-bfac-3276830ef92f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).