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Bill	Needle exchange programs.	Existing law, with certain exceptions, makes it a misdemeanor for a person to deliver, furnish, or transfer, or possess with intent to deliver, furnish, or transfer drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to introduce into the human body a controlled substance. Existing law provides an exception to this general rule by authorizing a city, county, or city and county to conduct a clean needle and syringe exchange project authorized by the public entity to combat the spread of HIV and bloodborne hepatitis. Existing law exempts providers participating in an exchange project from criminal prosecution for possession of needles or syringes during participation in the project. Existing law also provides a specified annual comment and reporting process relating to the needle and syringe exchange projects.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 604	California AB 604 (20112012)	bill	Needle exchange programs.	enacted	Skinner	9	30	9	2011-02-16	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/29d836e6-1fcd-40bf-ae4b-8b5971bb8db3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB604	41e5fd58d930bbefa638bbc836352f5523b5e5ce6b972844c209f8c6967bf29a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 604 (20112012) — Needle exchange programs.

Existing law, with certain exceptions, makes it a misdemeanor for a person to deliver, furnish, or transfer, or possess with intent to deliver, furnish, or transfer drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to introduce into the human body a controlled substance. Existing law provides an exception to this general rule by authorizing a city, county, or city and county to conduct a clean needle and syringe exchange project authorized by the public entity to combat the spread of HIV and bloodborne hepatitis. Existing law exempts providers participating in an exchange project from criminal prosecution for possession of needles or syringes during participation in the project. Existing law also provides a specified annual comment and reporting process relating to the needle and syringe exchange projects.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/14/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB604 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB604 Skinner By Hernandez — 20–16 (fail) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB604 Skinner By Hernandez Reconsider — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB604 Skinner By Hernandez — 21–17 (pass) · upper
• AB 604 SKINNER Assembly Third Reading — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
• AB 604 SKINNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Skinner — primary (person)
• Blumenfield — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2011-03-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (March 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-05 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 1386.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-30 Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 16. Page 2172.). reading-3, failure, reading-1
• 2011-08-30 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Hernandez.
• 2011-08-30 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2172.)
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 2397.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 3221.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29d836e6-1fcd-40bf-ae4b-8b5971bb8db3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).