(1) The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. That law authorizes a pharmacy technician trainee to be placed in a pharmacy to complete an externship for the purpose of obtaining practical training required to become licensed as a pharmacist. That law prohibits the externship from being for a period of more than 120 hours, except if a pharmacy technician trainee's externship involves the rotation between a community pharmacy and a hospital pharmacy, in which case the externship is authorized to be for a period of up to 320 hours. That law prohibits more than 120 hours of the 320 hours from being completed in a community pharmacy setting or in a single department in a hospital pharmacy.
(1) The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. That law authorizes a pharmacy technician trainee to be placed in a pharmacy to complete an externship for the purpose of obtaining practical training required to become licensed as a pharmacist. That law prohibits the externship from being for a period of more than 120 hours, except if a pharmacy technician trainee's externship involves the rotation between a community pharmacy and a hospital pharmacy, in which case the externship is authorized to be for a period of up to 320 hours. That law prohibits more than 120 hours of the 320 hours from being completed in a community pharmacy setting or in a single department in a hospital pharmacy.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 655 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Roth — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 8.
2019-03-27 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
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 599.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-18 Set for hearing April 29.
2019-04-23 April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1106.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1322.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2729.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-15 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6eed2c72-6b0a-4f46-81c8-7fdbe1eeaf98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).