---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus medication collection and distribution."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county to establish a repository and distribution program for the donation of surplus medication and redistribution to persons in need of financial assistance to ensure access to necessary pharmaceutical therapies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1346"
citation: "California SB 1346 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Surplus medication collection and distribution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2531313-5c28-48ac-a0b0-49ec03a1347b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346"
source_hash: "094a930d1750bd6052944b7c1622c9e58befc0e5edaf0c72c165491efffdc815"
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 1346 (20212022) — Surplus medication collection and distribution.

Existing law authorizes a county to establish a repository and distribution program for the donation of surplus medication and redistribution to persons in need of financial assistance to ensure access to necessary pharmaceutical therapies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134699INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134698AMD)
3. **06/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134697AMD)
4. **06/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134696AMD)
5. **08/01/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134695AMD)
6. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134693CHP)
7. **SB1346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346)
8. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1346&version=20210SB134694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1346 Becker Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1346 Becker et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1346 Becker et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2022-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3308.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3543.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3839.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2022-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5829.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4938.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 886, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2531313-5c28-48ac-a0b0-49ec03a1347b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).