republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1456.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Athletic Commission Act."
description: "Existing law, the Boxing Act, also known as the State Athletic Commission Act, the violation of which is a misdemeanor, grants the State Athletic Commission jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prescribes the composition of the commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive officer. Existing law authorizes the commission to employ other personnel for the administration of the act, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions establishing the commission, requiring it to appoint an executive officer, and authorizing it to employ other personnel on January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1456"
citation: "California SB 1456 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State Athletic Commission Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b06d9e-341f-49dc-afd2-03be8ffe23eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456"
source_hash: "1a511b7c4ad9d7be5e93994d095e6f9f2a7841ed7d0989594ddc0fae3634b994"
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 SB 1456 (20232024) — State Athletic Commission Act.

Existing law, the Boxing Act, also known as the State Athletic Commission Act, the violation of which is a misdemeanor, grants the State Athletic Commission jurisdiction over all professional and amateur boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing, all forms and combinations of forms of full contact martial arts contests, including mixed martial arts, and matches or exhibitions conducted, held, or given within this state. Existing law prescribes the composition of the commission and requires the commission to appoint an executive officer. Existing law authorizes the commission to employ other personnel for the administration of the act, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions establishing the commission, requiring it to appoint an executive officer, and authorizing it to employ other personnel on January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456&version=20230SB145699INT)
2. **06/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456&version=20230SB145698AMD)
3. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456&version=20230SB145696CHP)
4. **SB1456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456)
5. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1456&version=20230SB145697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1456 Ashby Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1456 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Berman — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3699.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3984.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4184.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and A., E., S., & T. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Re-referred to Coms. on A., E., S., & T. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6537.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-28** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5537.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-30** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 5754.) `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5767.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 486, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52b06d9e-341f-49dc-afd2-03be8ffe23eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).