---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination."
description: "The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine. The act makes it unprofessional conduct for a licensee to prescribe, dispense, or furnish dangerous drugs without an appropriate prior examination and a medical indication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1264"
citation: "California AB 1264 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bba567a-2d9f-4ce3-9001-2915abd4934d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264"
source_hash: "84088ee73c7a4ea49d83904f12fe1d7e1c9e5e70e2a5438e46edaa29db140c52"
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 1264 (20192020) — Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination.

The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine. The act makes it unprofessional conduct for a licensee to prescribe, dispense, or furnish dangerous drugs without an appropriate prior examination and a medical indication.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126499INT)
2. **03/26/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126498AMD)
3. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126497AMD)
4. **06/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126496AMD)
5. **06/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126495AMD)
6. **10/11/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126493CHP)
7. **AB1264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264)
8. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264&version=20190AB126494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1264 Petrie-Norris et al. By Leyva Urgency Clause — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1264 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1264 Petrie-Norris Third Reading Urgency — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 1619.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-13** 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-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2441.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-10** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3373.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bba567a-2d9f-4ce3-9001-2915abd4934d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).