---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs."
description: "Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, authorizes a registered nurse to dispense drugs or devices upon an order by a licensed physician and surgeon if the nurse is functioning within a specified clinic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2348"
citation: "California AB 2348 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/851e8417-d0de-4c2f-96db-adeb309bc50e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348"
source_hash: "3e0cc4a172e03950725472dfd128058ea23d797ef157d3b7468bb1b9adda6c25"
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 2348 (20112012) — Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, authorizes a registered nurse to dispense drugs or devices upon an order by a licensed physician and surgeon if the nurse is functioning within a specified clinic.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234899INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234898AMD)
3. **05/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234897AMD)
4. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234896AMD)
5. **06/27/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234895AMD)
6. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234894AMD)
7. **08/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234893AMD)
8. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234891CHP)
9. **AB2348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348)
10. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348&version=20110AB234892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 2348 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2348 Mitchell By De León — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2348 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — **44–28** (pass) · lower
- AB 2348 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading Amend By MITCHELL Set #1 — **49–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Butler — principal coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** From committee: Assembly Rules committee granted permission for the bill to be returned to the Assembly floor pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(b). `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-10** Motion to withdraw the bill from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a) carries.
- **2012-05-10** (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 4765.)
- **2012-05-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 5031.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 5173.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4709.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 6331.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/851e8417-d0de-4c2f-96db-adeb309bc50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).