The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law regulates the packaging, labeling, and advertising of drugs and devices, and is administered by the State Department of Public Health. The law prohibits the sale, delivery, or giving away of any new drug or new device unless either the department has approved a new drug or device application for that new drug or new device and that approval has not been withdrawn, terminated, or suspended under specified provisions of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or it is a new device for which a premarket approval application has been approved, and that approval has not been withdrawn, terminated, or suspended under the federal act. Existing law exempts a drug or device intended solely for investigational use of a drug or device if the investigation is conducted in accordance with specified provisions of the federal act.
California SB 1500 (20212022) — Public health: federal regulation.
The Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law regulates the packaging, labeling, and advertising of drugs and devices, and is administered by the State Department of Public Health. The law prohibits the sale, delivery, or giving away of any new drug or new device unless either the department has approved a new drug or device application for that new drug or new device and that approval has not been withdrawn, terminated, or suspended under specified provisions of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or it is a new device for which a premarket approval application has been approved, and that approval has not been withdrawn, terminated, or suspended under the federal act. Existing law exempts a drug or device intended solely for investigational use of a drug or device if the investigation is conducted in accordance with specified provisions of the federal act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1500 HEALTH — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB1500 HEALTH (Pan) Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1500 HEALTH Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1500 HEALTH Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Health — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-04-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-04-20 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-04-21 From printer.
2022-04-22 Set for hearing April 27 in HEALTH pending receipt.
2022-04-25 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3543.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3798.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3938.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-21 June 21 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. 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 5830.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-24 Ordered to the Assembly.
2022-08-24 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2022-08-24 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
2022-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 955, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcf321b1-b990-465e-a33e-c535358556a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).