---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists."
description: "Pharmacists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 261"
citation: "California AB 261 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lempert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-03"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1307e0d4-f697-43a6-88ab-c1d938f836cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261"
source_hash: "d68709e0f686c8264cfc8f517797bc6a49ac30f57faa465ae12afb9c0f282963"
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 261 (19992000) — Pharmacists.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261&version=19990AB26199INT)
2. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261&version=19990AB26198AMD)
3. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261&version=19990AB26196CHP)
4. **AB261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261)
5. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB261&version=19990AB26197ENR)

## Votes

- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #23 AB261 Lempert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 261 LEMPERT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lempert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3505.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2570.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-19** Ordered returned to Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-16** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1673.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **1999-02-03** 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/1307e0d4-f697-43a6-88ab-c1d938f836cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).