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Bill	Professions and vocations.	(1) The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies, pharmacists, and other associated persons and entities by the California State Board of Pharmacy. This law requires the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection to review the state's shortage of pharmacists and make recommendations on a course of action to alleviate the shortage, including, but not limited to, a review of the current California pharmacist licensure examination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 800	California SB 800 (20172018)	bill	Professions and vocations.	enacted	Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development	9	29	6	2017-02-17	2017-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/ebdfa277-c6fa-41ab-ba01-8618dfc8e207	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB800	819543c18141e42922a8b2a552e3a6cee961dccb51a67721551af1293db8e8ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 800 (20172018) — Professions and vocations.

(1) The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies, pharmacists, and other associated persons and entities by the California State Board of Pharmacy. This law requires the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection to review the state's shortage of pharmacists and make recommendations on a course of action to alleviate the shortage, including, but not limited to, a review of the current California pharmacist licensure examination.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/07/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB800 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB800 B.P.&E.D. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB800 B.P.&E.D. (Hill) Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 800 B., P. & E.D. Senate Third Reading By LOW — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-03-31 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2017-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 826.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1150.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-06-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-05 (Corrected June 28).
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
• 2017-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3478.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3000.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 573, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebdfa277-c6fa-41ab-ba01-8618dfc8e207. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).