---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sharps injury prevention."
description: "Sharps injury prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1046"
citation: "California AB 1046 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sharps injury prevention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f901117-dc0e-488f-9c32-eebbd9bcff86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046"
source_hash: "796acf3aa0e72afa2d403c4c0acd8c82c4203a38ce6f1861c480d9abd2bc9c29"
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 1046 (20012002) — Sharps injury prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046&version=20010AB104699INT)
2. **04/25/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046&version=20010AB104698AMD)
3. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046&version=20010AB104697AMD)
4. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046&version=20010AB104695CHP)
5. **AB1046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046)
6. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1046&version=20010AB104696ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1046 Migden By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1046 Migden Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2731.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 2008.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f901117-dc0e-488f-9c32-eebbd9bcff86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).