republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Acupuncture."
description: "Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture. The act defines various terms for those purposes, including \"approved educational and training program,\" which references the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1264"
citation: "California AB 1264 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Acupuncture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2615e6d9-575a-49fd-9019-d25d7878555e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264"
source_hash: "098d5b5052b0c0b6cb1de2556fbb739c358a8386eb794355bf12d21cd1c39e09"
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 1264 (20232024) — Acupuncture.

Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture. The act defines various terms for those purposes, including "approved educational and training program," which references the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264&version=20230AB126499INT)
2. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264&version=20230AB126498AMD)
3. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264&version=20230AB126497AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264&version=20230AB126495CHP)
5. **AB1264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264)
6. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1264&version=20230AB126496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1264 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1264 Berman et al. By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1264 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Roth — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1773.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2580.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3299.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2615e6d9-575a-49fd-9019-d25d7878555e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).