---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hypodermic needles and syringes."
description: "Existing law prohibits, except as specified, the sale of a hypodermic needle or syringe at retail except upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or naturopathic doctor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2077"
citation: "California AB 2077 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hypodermic needles and syringes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475f3947-36cb-4b39-a3e8-d7cc41b1e3f2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077"
source_hash: "069d164b00a8ee0a623f3065c00a4389ed64a6289bbfcdf366aaf828ae7947cb"
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 2077 (20192020) — Hypodermic needles and syringes.

Existing law prohibits, except as specified, the sale of a hypodermic needle or syringe at retail except upon the prescription of a physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, or naturopathic doctor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077&version=20190AB207799INT)
2. **05/20/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077&version=20190AB207798AMD)
3. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077&version=20190AB207796CHP)
4. **AB2077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077)
5. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2077&version=20190AB207797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 2077 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **50–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2077 Ting By Pan — **27–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 4691.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (August 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4430.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/475f3947-36cb-4b39-a3e8-d7cc41b1e3f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).