---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions."
description: "Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1589"
citation: "California AB 1589 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92724c5e-3d35-4763-ae39-d40a2474131d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589"
source_hash: "d5525f6c7717129e3d8ce9cbbd890f988e686cb175eb705838e6792bea507cfb"
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 1589 (20012002) — Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158999INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158998AMD)
3. **07/16/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158997AMD)
4. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158996AMD)
5. **10/03/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158994CHP)
6. **AB1589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589)
7. **08/31/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1589&version=20010AB158995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1589 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1589 Simitian By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1589 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3351.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1803.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92724c5e-3d35-4763-ae39-d40a2474131d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).