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Bill	Hypodermic needles and syringes.	Existing law regulates the sale, possession, and disposal of hypodermic needles and syringes, and requires, with certain exceptions, a prescription to purchase a hypodermic needle or syringe for human use. Existing law prohibits any person from possessing or having under his or her control any hypodermic needle or syringe, except in accordance with those regulatory provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 41	California SB 41 (20112012)	bill	Hypodermic needles and syringes.	enacted	Yee	8	29	8	2010-12-07	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/5d153015-0110-45a7-8c26-ee2d1e052e40	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB41	b944d7fe803e1be999e1597a438392c73df54dc449bc5370954b5bb1eb3ae379	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 41 (20112012) — Hypodermic needles and syringes.

Existing law regulates the sale, possession, and disposal of hypodermic needles and syringes, and requires, with certain exceptions, a prescription to purchase a hypodermic needle or syringe for human use. Existing law prohibits any person from possessing or having under his or her control any hypodermic needle or syringe, except in accordance with those regulatory provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/09/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB41 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 24–13 (pass) · upper
• SB 41 Yee Senate Third Reading Amend By ENG Set #1 — 50–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB41 Yee Concurrence — 24–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–6 (pass) · lower
• SB 41 Yee Senate Third Reading By ENG — 52–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Yee — primary (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Davis — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-07 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2010-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2011-01-03 Read first time. reading-1
• 2011-01-20 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-04 Set for hearing March 23.
• 2011-03-14 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-03-15 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2011-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 580.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 741.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 1187.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-07-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-15 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2393.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2506.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2143.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 738, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d153015-0110-45a7-8c26-ee2d1e052e40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).