republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1329.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county to establish, by ordinance, a repository and distribution program under which a pharmacy that is owned by or contracts with the county may distribute surplus unused medications, as defined, to persons in need of financial assistance to ensure access to necessary pharmaceutical therapies. Existing law requires a county that has established a program to establish procedures to, among other things, ensure proper safety and management of any medications collected and maintained by a participating pharmacy. Existing law authorizes a skilled nursing facility, specified drug manufacturer, or pharmacy wholesaler to donate medications to the program. Existing law requires medication under the program to be dispensed to an eligible patient, destroyed, or returned to a reverse distributor, as specified. Except in cases of noncompliance, bad faith, or gross negligence, existing law prohibits certain people and entities from being subject to criminal or civil liability for injury caused when donating, accepting, or dispensing prescription drugs in compliance with the program's provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1329"
citation: "California SB 1329 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cbaa89e-3fd6-4d11-aaa2-ed424ca080bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329"
source_hash: "b72528b70253ffbfc84d803429fc3041863f3afba531eeb05a6a95001af93f0e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1329 (20112012) — Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program.

Existing law authorizes a county to establish, by ordinance, a repository and distribution program under which a pharmacy that is owned by or contracts with the county may distribute surplus unused medications, as defined, to persons in need of financial assistance to ensure access to necessary pharmaceutical therapies. Existing law requires a county that has established a program to establish procedures to, among other things, ensure proper safety and management of any medications collected and maintained by a participating pharmacy. Existing law authorizes a skilled nursing facility, specified drug manufacturer, or pharmacy wholesaler to donate medications to the program. Existing law requires medication under the program to be dispensed to an eligible patient, destroyed, or returned to a reverse distributor, as specified. Except in cases of noncompliance, bad faith, or gross negligence, existing law prohibits certain people and entities from being subject to criminal or civil liability for injury caused when donating, accepting, or dispensing prescription drugs in compliance with the program's provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132999INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132998AMD)
3. **05/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132997AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132996AMD)
5. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132995AMD)
6. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132994AMD)
7. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132992CHP)
8. **SB1329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329)
9. **09/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1329&version=20110SB132993ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1329 Simitian Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1329 Simitian Senate Third Reading By GALGIANI — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3143.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3446.) (May 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3530.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time and amended. (Page 5894.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5952.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6201.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5011.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 709, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cbaa89e-3fd6-4d11-aaa2-ed424ca080bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).