republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-2660.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescriptions: issuance by a pharmacist."
description: "Prescriptions: issuance by a pharmacist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2660"
citation: "California AB 2660 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescriptions: issuance by a pharmacist."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433fb732-95f0-416d-bbc9-54c7179469a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660"
source_hash: "5bc6c7aa69e3ca3aeff02b310db1ffc011f5d728f86c2de144c9d314c0177780"
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 2660 (20032004) — Prescriptions: issuance by a pharmacist.

## 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=200320040AB2660&version=20030AB266099INT)
2. **03/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660&version=20030AB266098AMD)
3. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660&version=20030AB266097AMD)
4. **07/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660&version=20030AB266095CHP)
5. **AB2660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660)
6. **07/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2660&version=20030AB266096ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on business and professions to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2660 leno consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab2660 leno — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-23** 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. `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`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-12** 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. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 30). (Corrected April 2. ). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, 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/433fb732-95f0-416d-bbc9-54c7179469a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).