---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescriptions: electronic transmission."
description: "Prescriptions: electronic transmission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2240"
citation: "California AB 2240 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescriptions: electronic transmission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/258dfe68-43aa-4077-b23d-f707f6f47bef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240"
source_hash: "469d6b7b0c6c21b496f145545029ad949b1e0b16f97296b232b8ace2c1526034"
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 2240 (19992000) — Prescriptions: electronic transmission.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240&version=19990AB224099INT)
2. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240&version=19990AB224098AMD)
3. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240&version=19990AB224097AMD)
4. **09/05/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240&version=19990AB224095CHP)
5. **AB2240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240)
6. **08/18/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2240&version=19990AB224096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2240 Bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6788.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/258dfe68-43aa-4077-b23d-f707f6f47bef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).