---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs."
description: "Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 948"
citation: "California AB 948 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c30a3a-b572-4215-b7cb-ed77fc6020a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948"
source_hash: "5cff89279a253da7e0b06165789e7eaea0cc2a94b594deb97493be030d7ff4b3"
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 948 (20232024) — Prescription drugs.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948&version=20230AB94899INT)
2. **06/12/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948&version=20230AB94898AMD)
3. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948&version=20230AB94897AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948&version=20230AB94895CHP)
5. **AB948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948)
6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB948&version=20230AB94896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 948 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 948 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB948 Berman et al. By Wiener — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1365.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2360.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3025.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03c30a3a-b572-4215-b7cb-ed77fc6020a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).