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Bill	Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs.	Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, authorizes a registered nurse to dispense drugs or devices upon an order by a licensed physician and surgeon if the nurse is functioning within a specified clinic.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2348	California AB 2348 (20112012)	bill	Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs.	enacted	Mitchell	10	29	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/851e8417-d0de-4c2f-96db-adeb309bc50e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2348	3e0cc4a172e03950725472dfd128058ea23d797ef157d3b7468bb1b9adda6c25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2348 (20112012) — Registered nurses: dispensation of drugs.

Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, authorizes a registered nurse to dispense drugs or devices upon an order by a licensed physician and surgeon if the nurse is functioning within a specified clinic.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/22/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2348 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Rules. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 2348 MITCHELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 46–28 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2348 Mitchell By De León — 23–15 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2348 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading — 44–28 (pass) · lower
• AB 2348 MITCHELL Assembly Third Reading Amend By MITCHELL Set #1 — 49–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mitchell — primary (person)
• Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
• Butler — principal coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
• De León — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-10 From committee: Assembly Rules committee granted permission for the bill to be returned to the Assembly floor pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(b). committee-passage
• 2012-05-10 Motion to withdraw the bill from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a) carries.
• 2012-05-10 (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 4765.)
• 2012-05-10 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 5031.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 28. Page 5173.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 2). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4709.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 6331.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
• 2012-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/851e8417-d0de-4c2f-96db-adeb309bc50e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).