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Bill	Pharmacists: furnishing opioid antagonists.	The Pharmacy Law establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate pharmacists. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures and protocols developed and approved by the board and the Medical Board of California, subject to completion by the pharmacist of specified continuing education on the use of naloxone hydrochloride.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1259	California SB 1259 (20212022)	bill	Pharmacists: furnishing opioid antagonists.	enacted	Laird	6	29	7	2022-02-17	2022-09-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c5945ba6-b9e9-4902-a246-bd42bc7d7fec	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1259	52b7efc6860d7c3da257a2ec44cc94796d9dec535ffbd20e440cffaf733287df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1259 (20212022) — Pharmacists: furnishing opioid antagonists.

The Pharmacy Law establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate pharmacists. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to furnish naloxone hydrochloride in accordance with standardized procedures and protocols developed and approved by the board and the Medical Board of California, subject to completion by the pharmacist of specified continuing education on the use of naloxone hydrochloride.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1259 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 1259 Laird Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1259 Laird Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB1259 — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-18 From printer.
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2022-03-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3437.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-22 Set for hearing May 2.
• 2022-05-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3647.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5829.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2022-08-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4809.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-08-16 Set for hearing August 16.
• 2022-08-16 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4853.) committee-passage
• 2022-08-17 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 245, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5945ba6-b9e9-4902-a246-bd42bc7d7fec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).