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Bill	HIV: preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis.	Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy and makes a violation of these requirements a crime. Existing law generally authorizes a pharmacist to dispense or furnish drugs only pursuant to a valid prescription, except as provided, such as furnishing emergency contraceptives, hormonal contraceptives, and naloxone hydrochloride, pursuant to standardized procedures.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 159	California SB 159 (20192020)	bill	HIV: preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis.	enacted	Wiener	13	37	10	2019-01-23	2019-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6400508e-5407-4cf0-89f8-8d5990908a35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB159	9b9c4be37777a06d75317bdb2a2b8ad130c74b7a6e67440988d42c93b3558ddc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 159 (20192020) — HIV: preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy and makes a violation of these requirements a crime. Existing law generally authorizes a pharmacist to dispense or furnish drugs only pursuant to a valid prescription, except as provided, such as furnishing emergency contraceptives, hormonal contraceptives, and naloxone hydrochloride, pursuant to standardized procedures.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/27/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/11/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/17/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/01/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/12/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 10/07/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. SB159 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Health] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 159 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Gipson — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB159 Wiener et al. — 35–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB159 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Gloria — principal coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2019-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 598.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2019-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 848.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2019-05-13 May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-14 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-17 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 1091.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1196.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-03 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2019-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-21 August 21 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3330.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2847.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 532, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6400508e-5407-4cf0-89f8-8d5990908a35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).