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Bill	Acupuncture.	(1) Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture by the Acupuncture Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to employ personnel necessary to administer the Acupuncture Licensure Act, including an executive officer who is exempt from civil service. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing the board and authority for it to employ personnel on January 1, 2015.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 1246	California SB 1246 (20132014)	bill	Acupuncture.	enacted	Lieu	8	28	8	2014-02-20	2014-09-17	openstates	ocd-bill/e26e0d95-4207-47e0-96d2-fbed0a2591ef	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1246	e0e757637c15261b3c495aa62f78a17f6b77a0216a9a4f6dfe1b9af2205ee0aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1246 (20132014) — Acupuncture.

(1) Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture by the Acupuncture Board, within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to employ personnel necessary to administer the Acupuncture Licensure Act, including an executive officer who is exempt from civil service. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing the board and authority for it to employ personnel on January 1, 2015.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/23/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/17/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1246 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1246 Lieu Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1246 Lieu Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• Bonilla — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2014-04-02 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2014-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3279.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2014-05-12 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3712.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3686.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-09 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2014-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-22 Read third time and amended. (Page 6344.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2014-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6555.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4945.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2014-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 397, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e26e0d95-4207-47e0-96d2-fbed0a2591ef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).