---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs: 90-day supply."
description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of pharmacy by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law prohibits a person from furnishing a dangerous drug except upon the prescription of specified practitioners, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist filling a prescription order for a drug product to substitute a generic drug product or a drug product with a different form of medication having the same active chemical ingredients of equivalent strength and duration of therapy as the prescribed drug product, subject to specified requirements. Existing law also authorizes a pharmacist to refill a prescription for a dangerous drug without the prescriber's authorization under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1301"
citation: "California SB 1301 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs: 90-day supply."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05876d2d-6955-4196-ade2-03d984bd9701"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301"
source_hash: "d08bfe92f9eb6d093ee6d2a9757e2c0de634411f47a42436b17d5b56a4145dc2"
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 SB 1301 (20112012) — Prescription drugs: 90-day supply.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of pharmacy by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law prohibits a person from furnishing a dangerous drug except upon the prescription of specified practitioners, except as specified. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist filling a prescription order for a drug product to substitute a generic drug product or a drug product with a different form of medication having the same active chemical ingredients of equivalent strength and duration of therapy as the prescribed drug product, subject to specified requirements. Existing law also authorizes a pharmacist to refill a prescription for a dangerous drug without the prescriber's authorization under specified circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130199INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130198AMD)
3. **04/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130197AMD)
4. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130196AMD)
5. **06/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130195AMD)
6. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130194AMD)
7. **09/22/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130192CHP)
8. **SB1301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301)
9. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1301&version=20110SB130193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1301 Hernandez Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1301 Hernandez Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2012-03-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-03-27** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3143.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2012-04-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3260.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3487.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5969.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4626.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 455, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05876d2d-6955-4196-ade2-03d984bd9701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).