republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-952.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy technicians: licensure requirements."
description: "The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law authorizes the California State Board of Pharmacy to issue a pharmacy technician license to an individual if that individual is a high school graduate or possesses a general educational development certificate equivalent and has obtained an associate's degree in pharmacy technology, completed a specified course of training, graduated from a specified school of pharmacy, or is certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 952"
citation: "California SB 952 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy technicians: licensure requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7143a1a8-a609-4b12-9589-29f4f18b6c40"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB952"
source_hash: "6c1310b73d8e2ad17f7565d7586945e3cd4132243503c38bc60881f0d158caca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 952 (20152016) — Pharmacy technicians: licensure requirements.

The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law authorizes the California State Board of Pharmacy to issue a pharmacy technician license to an individual if that individual is a high school graduate or possesses a general educational development certificate equivalent and has obtained an associate's degree in pharmacy technology, completed a specified course of training, graduated from a specified school of pharmacy, or is certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB952&version=20150SB95299INT)
2. **08/19/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB952&version=20150SB95297CHP)
3. **SB952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB952)
4. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB952&version=20150SB95298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 952 Anderson Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2016-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3580.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3627.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5719.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7143a1a8-a609-4b12-9589-29f4f18b6c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).