---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy."
description: "Pharmacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2165"
citation: "California AB 2165 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fa01476-ca75-41f4-9a3c-e4c252e06a30"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165"
source_hash: "4968f0d65d4bb27511904894e1ffdb14cc1945be0dbfc625d5ffe78953e06810"
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 2165 (20012002) — Pharmacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216599INT)
2. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216598AMD)
3. **04/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216597AMD)
4. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216596AMD)
5. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216595AMD)
6. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216594AMD)
7. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216593AMD)
8. **09/16/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216591CHP)
9. **AB2165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165)
10. **08/21/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2165&version=20010AB216592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2165 Strom-Martin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2165 Strom-Martin By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2165 Strom-Martin Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 5. Page 7856.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 5500.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection (Corrected August 5. ). `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 6289.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 2.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fa01476-ca75-41f4-9a3c-e4c252e06a30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).