---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions."
description: "Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 826"
citation: "California AB 826 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c159c980-1064-4237-9666-79e6447e118b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826"
source_hash: "d6eb3cffef68530cd5544915baf640c8330ead19206d8e51d231ddac98d970df"
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 826 (20012002) — Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826&version=20010AB82699INT)
2. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826&version=20010AB82698AMD)
3. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826&version=20010AB82697AMD)
4. **09/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826&version=20010AB82695CHP)
5. **AB826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826)
6. **08/23/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB826&version=20010AB82696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 826 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 826 Cohn Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #24 AB826 Cohn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2001-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3146.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2180.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-18** 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`
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1414.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/c159c980-1064-4237-9666-79e6447e118b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).