---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy technicians."
description: "Pharmacy technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 536"
citation: "California AB 536 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy technicians."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be17df47-fdfc-4d5a-b006-07b43bd4d8f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536"
source_hash: "6a63e592d35ebd6f558e27b16648eed096be8f22035ebc20f9112b5a440af471"
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 536 (20012002) — Pharmacy technicians.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536&version=20010AB53699INT)
2. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536&version=20010AB53698AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536&version=20010AB53697AMD)
4. **09/27/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536&version=20010AB53695CHP)
5. **AB536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536)
6. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB536&version=20010AB53696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB536 Bates By Morrow — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 536 Bates Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 536 Bates Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 352, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3484.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2566.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** 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`
- **2001-07-05** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1661.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** 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/be17df47-fdfc-4d5a-b006-07b43bd4d8f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).