---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists: performance of routine patient assessment procedures and skin puncture."
description: "Pharmacists: performance of routine patient assessment procedures and skin puncture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 586"
citation: "California AB 586 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists: performance of routine patient assessment procedures and skin puncture."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddd09387-f960-438c-8f67-620ac6c6b818"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586"
source_hash: "884326c143821296b562ce8344913018a94f16e77a9f0c3ade38a4d4e93c8fd1"
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 586 (20012002) — Pharmacists: performance of routine patient assessment procedures and skin puncture.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58699INT)
2. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58698AMD)
3. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58697AMD)
4. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58696AMD)
5. **10/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58694CHP)
6. **AB586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586)
7. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB586&version=20010AB58695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 586 Nation Special Consent Calendar 1st Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB586 Nation — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 586 Nation Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 586 Nation Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB586 Nation — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 501, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3983.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-09-12** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-09-10** Withdrawn from enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment.
- **2001-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3308.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2447.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-03** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1685.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, 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`
- **2001-05-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/ddd09387-f960-438c-8f67-620ac6c6b818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).