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Bill	Law enforcement agencies: opioid antagonist.	Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies and wholesalers by the California State Board of Pharmacy within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law also regulates manufacturers. Existing law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists to a school district, county office of education, or charter school if specified criteria are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2256	California AB 2256 (20172018)	bill	Law enforcement agencies: opioid antagonist.	enacted	Santiago	5	21	8	2018-02-13	2018-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/b16cd4ae-8268-454d-84bb-f8f1557d2c04	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2256	0aad89c86ab71b4c4cc4feda732f731a026b0b9a7d7e743deae4333a5ec8dbe4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2256 (20172018) — Law enforcement agencies: opioid antagonist.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies and wholesalers by the California State Board of Pharmacy within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law also regulates manufacturers. Existing law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists to a school district, county office of education, or charter school if specified criteria are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2256 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2256 SANTIAGO Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2256 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5130.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5166.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6349.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 259, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b16cd4ae-8268-454d-84bb-f8f1557d2c04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).