---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nurse practitioners: furnishing drugs or devices."
description: "Nurse practitioners: furnishing drugs or devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2560"
citation: "California AB 2560 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nurse practitioners: furnishing drugs or devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85720b61-6ca9-4f58-abfe-e5948ccdf621"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560"
source_hash: "7737a1e84d4f5b195f27e55ca8ee0d3c09d6a521ed3ce83b98bd4f41648ce819"
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 2560 (20032004) — Nurse practitioners: furnishing drugs or devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560&version=20030AB256099INT)
2. **04/14/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560&version=20030AB256098AMD)
3. **07/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560&version=20030AB256096CHP)
4. **AB2560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560)
5. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2560&version=20030AB256097ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2560 montanez consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on business and professions to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2560 montanez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5629.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 13). 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. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/85720b61-6ca9-4f58-abfe-e5948ccdf621`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).