---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs: prescribers: naloxone hydrochloride and other FDA-approved drugs."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of health care practitioners and requires prescription drugs to be ordered and dispensed in accordance with the Pharmacy Law. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by both the California State Board of Pharmacy and the Medical Board of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2760"
citation: "California AB 2760 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs: prescribers: naloxone hydrochloride and other FDA-approved drugs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69465048-55ec-4782-9075-9d107caa8289"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760"
source_hash: "9345cd5cb79e8bb8fbaa6bc59c3a208a1207f8802484ab900ad6479445ff1faa"
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 2760 (20172018) — Prescription drugs: prescribers: naloxone hydrochloride and other FDA-approved drugs.

Existing law provides for the regulation of health care practitioners and requires prescription drugs to be ordered and dispensed in accordance with the Pharmacy Law. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by both the California State Board of Pharmacy and the Medical Board of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276099INT)
2. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276098AMD)
3. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276097AMD)
4. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276096AMD)
5. **08/15/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276095AMD)
6. **09/10/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276093CHP)
7. **AB2760** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760)
8. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2760&version=20170AB276094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2760 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2760 Wood By Hernandez — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2760 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5254.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5456.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6501.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 324, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69465048-55ec-4782-9075-9d107caa8289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).