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Bill	Prescription drug labels: accessibility.	Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires the board to promulgate regulations that require a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing law prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a prescription except in a container that meets the requirements of state and federal law and is correctly labeled with prescribed information. Existing law makes a violation of its provisions a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1902	California AB 1902 (20232024)	bill	Prescription drug labels accessibility	enacted	Alanis	7	23	6	2024-01-23	2024-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/42d7ec26-aa97-40fe-a109-81ac090ad2be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1902	742864edcfdd788efb952245ed6d672c5e45facd3a964f4c6e2ce630472fd0dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1902 (20232024) — Prescription drug labels: accessibility.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law requires the board to promulgate regulations that require a standardized, patient-centered, prescription drug label on all prescription medicine dispensed to patients in California. Existing law prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing a prescription except in a container that meets the requirements of state and federal law and is correctly labeled with prescribed information. Existing law makes a violation of its provisions a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/12/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/21/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1902 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1902 Alanis et al. By Dahle — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1902 Alanis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1902 Alanis Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alanis — primary (person)
• Dixon — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5087.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-15 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2024-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5238.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6427.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42d7ec26-aa97-40fe-a109-81ac090ad2be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).