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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacy practice."
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description: "The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The law specifies the functions pharmacists are authorized to perform, including to administer, orally or topically, drugs and biologicals pursuant to a prescriber's order, and to administer immunizations pursuant to a protocol with a prescriber. Pharmacists may also furnish emergency contraception drug therapy pursuant to standardized procedures if they have completed a training program. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "SB 493"
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citation: "California SB 493 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Pharmacy practice."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2013-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8214702-0eb2-4aed-82b0-a5200c1bec8d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493"
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source_hash: "7b860245d2dbf3bbac624f64ebc75845f832de8c925c933a07fb0c08d5465fef"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 493 (20132014) — Pharmacy practice.
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The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The law specifies the functions pharmacists are authorized to perform, including to administer, orally or topically, drugs and biologicals pursuant to a prescriber's order, and to administer immunizations pursuant to a protocol with a prescriber. Pharmacists may also furnish emergency contraception drug therapy pursuant to standardized procedures if they have completed a training program. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49399INT)
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2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49398AMD)
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3. **04/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49397AMD)
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4. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49396AMD)
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5. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49395AMD)
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6. **08/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49394AMD)
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7. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49393AMD)
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8. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49392AMD)
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9. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49390CHP)
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10. **SB493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493)
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11. **09/19/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB493&version=20130SB49391ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB493 Hernandez Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 493 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 493 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By BONILLA Amend By BONILLA Set #1 — **54–24** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hernandez — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2013-04-22** Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2013-04-23** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2013-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-25** Set for hearing April 29.
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- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 734.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
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- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1015.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 1167.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2013-06-10** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 6). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-08-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-30** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2955.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3192.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 469, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8214702-0eb2-4aed-82b0-a5200c1bec8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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