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Bill	Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination.	The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine. The act makes it unprofessional conduct for a licensee to prescribe, dispense, or furnish dangerous drugs without an appropriate prior examination and a medical indication.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1264	California AB 1264 (20192020)	bill	Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination.	enacted	Petrie-Norris	8	29	7	2019-02-21	2019-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6bba567a-2d9f-4ce3-9001-2915abd4934d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1264	84088ee73c7a4ea49d83904f12fe1d7e1c9e5e70e2a5438e46edaa29db140c52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1264 (20192020) — Medical Practice Act: dangerous drugs: appropriate prior examination.

The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine. The act makes it unprofessional conduct for a licensee to prescribe, dispense, or furnish dangerous drugs without an appropriate prior examination and a medical indication.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1264 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/17/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1264 Petrie-Norris et al. By Leyva Urgency Clause — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1264 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1264 Petrie-Norris Third Reading Urgency — 64–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 1619.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-13 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2441.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-05 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 10). committee-passage
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3373.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6bba567a-2d9f-4ce3-9001-2915abd4934d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).