--- type: "Bill" title: "Hospital satellite compounding pharmacy: license: requirements." description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime. Existing law prohibits the operation of a pharmacy without a license and a separate license is required for each pharmacy location." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 351" citation: "California SB 351 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Hospital satellite compounding pharmacy: license: requirements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roth"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2017-02-14" last_action: "2017-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b72cf015-3e42-4c45-8c28-74cbceeaa714" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351" source_hash: "e8b28624d49fff4dbd1a007234db86686d4eb229ff4989a026d9470aca5c1886" 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 351 (20172018) — Hospital satellite compounding pharmacy: license: requirements. Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime. Existing law prohibits the operation of a pharmacy without a license and a separate license is required for each pharmacy location. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35199INT) 2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35198AMD) 3. **04/04/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35197AMD) 4. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35196AMD) 5. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35195AMD) 6. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35193CHP) 7. **SB351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351) 8. **09/18/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB351&version=20170SB35194ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB351 Roth et al. Concurrence — **39–1** (pass) · upper - SB 351 Roth Senate Third Reading By RIDLEY-THOMAS — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Roth — primary (person) - Stone — principal coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-20** 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` - **2017-03-21** Set for hearing April 3. - **2017-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 585.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-04-06** Set for hearing April 17. - **2017-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25. - **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1182.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-26** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1355.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3268.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2887.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2017-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 623, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b72cf015-3e42-4c45-8c28-74cbceeaa714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).