---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community pharmacies: staffing."
description: "Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. A knowing violation of that law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1442"
citation: "California SB 1442 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community pharmacies: staffing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102c7533-0d6c-4f2e-9e78-4f1b1b27d0ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442"
source_hash: "f1d8f8b1758f43501139c8e8abeb96347530d66b7433f523e8e844bfaa3bcaf3"
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 SB 1442 (20172018) — Community pharmacies: staffing.

Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. A knowing violation of that law is a crime.

## 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=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144299INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144298AMD)
3. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144297AMD)
4. **06/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144296AMD)
5. **06/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144295AMD)
6. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144294AMD)
7. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144293AMD)
8. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144291CHP)
9. **SB1442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442)
10. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1442&version=20170SB144292ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1442 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1442 Wiener et al. — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- SB 1442 Wiener Senate Third Reading By CUNNINGHAM — **70–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Stone — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 4697.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2018-04-30** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 5007.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6169.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 569, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102c7533-0d6c-4f2e-9e78-4f1b1b27d0ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).