---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hypodermic needles and syringes."
description: "Existing law regulates the sale, possession, and disposal of hypodermic needles and syringes. Under existing law, a prescription is generally required to purchase a hypodermic needle or syringe for human use, except to administer adrenaline or insulin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1701"
citation: "California AB 1701 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hypodermic needles and syringes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-01"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56e6e75d-f4ee-45f5-b618-c3c01c7772f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701"
source_hash: "4fe925c7ecbe077cebf071ac0225c48923029878d99a3403b4673199eeb9ebf2"
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 1701 (20092010) — Hypodermic needles and syringes.

Existing law regulates the sale, possession, and disposal of hypodermic needles and syringes. Under existing law, a prescription is generally required to purchase a hypodermic needle or syringe for human use, except to administer adrenaline or insulin.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701&version=20090AB170199INT)
2. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701&version=20090AB170198AMD)
3. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701&version=20090AB170197AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701&version=20090AB170195CHP)
5. **AB1701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701)
6. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1701&version=20090AB170196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1701 CHESBRO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1701 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1701 Chesbro By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-03-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 4447.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** (Corrected August 2.)
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 4876.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6707.)
- **2010-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 6753.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56e6e75d-f4ee-45f5-b618-c3c01c7772f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).