---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hypodermic needles and syringes."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes a pharmacist or physician to furnish 30 or fewer hypodermic needles and syringes for human use to a person 18 years of age or older solely for his or her personal use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1743"
citation: "California AB 1743 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hypodermic needles and syringes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e939a00a-43e4-4dfe-9400-22e4e3f237b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743"
source_hash: "8c323a29efd247aae3187db5ed6898fb5118caaf0645e3a57e7983530473dd0d"
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 1743 (20132014) — Hypodermic needles and syringes.

Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes a pharmacist or physician to furnish 30 or fewer hypodermic needles and syringes for human use to a person 18 years of age or older solely for his or her personal use.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743&version=20130AB174399INT)
2. **05/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743&version=20130AB174398AMD)
3. **09/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743&version=20130AB174396CHP)
4. **AB1743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743)
5. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1743&version=20130AB174397ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1743 Ting By Monning — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1743 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- AB 1743 TING Assembly Third Reading — **45–28** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 28. Page 4426.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4363.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 6034.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-20** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 331, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e939a00a-43e4-4dfe-9400-22e4e3f237b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).