Existing law requires a prescriber, as defined, to offer to a patient a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when certain conditions are present, including if the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose or a history of substance use disorder, and to provide education on overdose prevention to patients receiving a prescription and specified other persons.
California AB 714 (20192020) — Opioid prescription drugs: prescribers.
Existing law requires a prescriber, as defined, to offer to a patient a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression when certain conditions are present, including if the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose or a history of substance use disorder, and to provide education on overdose prevention to patients receiving a prescription and specified other persons.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wood — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2019-02-28 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-03-19 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
2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1476.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-06-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-06-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2201.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2794.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d2331f4-3436-4515-887c-e1dc9b731ae6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).