Existing law, the Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025 (GRP), which became effective on July 5, 2025, reorganized specified state agencies and departments, as provided. Existing law, beginning July 1, 2026, separates the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency into the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the California Housing and Homelessness Agency and transfers the Department of Consumer Affairs to the Business and Consumer Services Agency.

Existing law, the Acupuncture Licensure Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of acupuncture. Existing law requires the Acupuncture Board to issue a license to practice acupuncture to any person who makes an application and meets specified requirements, including by passing a written exam developed by the Office of Professional Examination Services of the Department of Consumer Affairs.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions to reflect the GRP’s reorganization of the Department of Consumer Affairs.