republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1727.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county to establish 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. Under existing law, only medication that is donated in unopened, tamper-evident packaging or modified unit dose containers that meet the United States Pharmacopoeia standards is eligible for donation to the repository and distribution program. Existing law also prohibits the donation of controlled substances to the repository and distribution program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1727"
citation: "California AB 1727 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdc0b04-4bd3-45d3-aa9d-187888f52564"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727"
source_hash: "679347ae65ae12f44f5f620350956a68dbe4fb42c096317088619807782f8581"
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 AB 1727 (20132014) — Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program.

Existing law authorizes a county to establish 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. Under existing law, only medication that is donated in unopened, tamper-evident packaging or modified unit dose containers that meet the United States Pharmacopoeia standards is eligible for donation to the repository and distribution program. Existing law also prohibits the donation of controlled substances to the repository and distribution program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727&version=20130AB172799INT)
2. **05/15/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727&version=20130AB172798AMD)
3. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727&version=20130AB172797AMD)
4. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727&version=20130AB172795CHP)
5. **AB1727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727)
6. **07/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1727&version=20130AB172796ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1727 Rodriguez By Hill — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1727 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1727 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-12** From consent calendar.
- **2014-05-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-05-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4965.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5002.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4194.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5800.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bdc0b04-4bd3-45d3-aa9d-187888f52564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).