Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. Existing law prohibits a community pharmacy from requiring a pharmacist to engage in the practice of pharmacy at any time the pharmacy is open to the public, unless another employee, as specified, is made available to assist the pharmacist at all times.
California SB 362 (20212022) — Chain community pharmacies: quotas.
Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. Existing law prohibits a community pharmacy from requiring a pharmacist to engage in the practice of pharmacy at any time the pharmacy is open to the public, unless another employee, as specified, is made available to assist the pharmacist at all times.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 573.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-23 Set for hearing April 5.
2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1337.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2568.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2279.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 334, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6cc8df8-9c74-49bf-aa39-20e984b79c9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).