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Bill	Acupuncture Licensure Act: Acupuncture Board.	Existing law establishes the Acupuncture Board, which consists of 7 members, to administer and enforce laws in the Acupuncture Licensure Act until January 1, 2019. The Acupuncture Licensure Act authorizes the board, until January 1, 2019, to appoint an executive officer. Existing law specifies that, for purposes of the act, an "approved educational and training program" is a school or college that meets specified conditions and requirements, including, among others, being granted candidacy status by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3142	California AB 3142 (20172018)	bill	Acupuncture Licensure Act: Acupuncture Board.	enacted	Low	7	25	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e219e5ea-0de9-4d3a-99b1-f5634e091f80	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3142	7804ba74e70323611a22271dc080730509064f287177fb0f457dd97b1ceab1b2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3142 (20172018) — Acupuncture Licensure Act: Acupuncture Board.

Existing law establishes the Acupuncture Board, which consists of 7 members, to administer and enforce laws in the Acupuncture Licensure Act until January 1, 2019. The Acupuncture Licensure Act authorizes the board, until January 1, 2019, to appoint an executive officer. Existing law specifies that, for purposes of the act, an "approved educational and training program" is a school or college that meets specified conditions and requirements, including, among others, being granted candidacy status by the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/21/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3142 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3142 Low et al. By Hill — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3142 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3142 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-12 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-26 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5508.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5775.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6863.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e219e5ea-0de9-4d3a-99b1-f5634e091f80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).