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Bill	Pharmacy: prescription drug labels.	The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. That law requires a pharmacist to dispense a prescription in a container that, among other things, is correctly labeled with the directions for use of the drug, and requires the board to promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing regulations of the board implement that requirement, establishing standardized directions for use to be used when applicable, and requiring that the board publish on its Internet Web site translation of those directions for use into at least 5 languages other than English. A violation of that law is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1073	California AB 1073 (20152016)	bill	Pharmacy: prescription drug labels.	enacted	Ting	10	34	6	2015-02-27	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a1f51d48-ad2c-4418-aa89-e720c90cdf93	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1073	690673c2dbca531fb2e6f94811c0fb8eb072c7c134cb623f8f317fec74f59c9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1073 (20152016) — Pharmacy: prescription drug labels.

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. That law requires a pharmacist to dispense a prescription in a container that, among other things, is correctly labeled with the directions for use of the drug, and requires the board to promulgate regulations that require, on or before January 1, 2011, a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing regulations of the board implement that requirement, establishing standardized directions for use to be used when applicable, and requiring that the board publish on its Internet Web site translation of those directions for use into at least 5 languages other than English. A violation of that law is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1073 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1073 Ting By Hernandez — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1073 TING Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1073 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1438.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-07-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2636.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3066.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1f51d48-ad2c-4418-aa89-e720c90cdf93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).