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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy benefit management."
description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 315"
citation: "California AB 315 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy benefit management."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de92b753-2468-4240-a2fe-5e26f4b23837"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315"
source_hash: "2143d2cd26284641d9edc620b85c79ae0cd8cf6b79e2de81641e8bcbf1a7581f"
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 315 (20172018) — Pharmacy benefit management.
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31599INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31598AMD)
3. **05/10/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31597AMD)
4. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31596AMD)
5. **07/11/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31595AMD)
6. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31594AMD)
7. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31593AMD)
8. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31591CHP)
9. **AB315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315)
10. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB315&version=20170AB31592ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB315 Wood et al. By Hernandez — **292** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 315 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **121** (pass) · lower
- AB 315 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — **587** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **130** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wood — primary (person)
- Dahle — author (person)
- Nazarian — author (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Page 1755.)
- **2017-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1775.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 1990.)
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 7. Page 2053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hernandez.
- **2018-08-20** From inactive file.
- **2018-08-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 5904.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6897.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 905, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de92b753-2468-4240-a2fe-5e26f4b23837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).