---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists: drug disclosures."
description: "The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires a pharmacist to inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription if a prescription drug poses a substantial risk to the person consuming the drug when taken in combination with alcohol or if the drug may impair a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. This requirement applies when the board determines that the drug is a drug or drug type for which this warning shall be given. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1136"
citation: "California AB 1136 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists: drug disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e2f38c-c034-482e-bc95-3e96259a3d44"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136"
source_hash: "dc367b8ab8c783b67d6a7aabbad8c35551d457c7dfc30b5b2d689f0f55cb6c8d"
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 1136 (20132014) — Pharmacists: drug disclosures.

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires a pharmacist to inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription if a prescription drug poses a substantial risk to the person consuming the drug when taken in combination with alcohol or if the drug may impair a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. This requirement applies when the board determines that the drug is a drug or drug type for which this warning shall be given. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113699INT)
2. **03/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113698AMD)
3. **04/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113697AMD)
4. **04/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113696AMD)
5. **09/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113694CHP)
6. **AB1136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136)
7. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1136&version=20130AB113695ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1136 Levine By Emmerson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1136 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1466.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1884.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e2f38c-c034-482e-bc95-3e96259a3d44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).