republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-690.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies: relocation: remote dispensing site pharmacy: pharmacy technician: qualifications."
description: "The Pharmacy Law requires the California State Board of Pharmacy within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies. The Pharmacy Law authorizes the board, during a declared federal, state, or local emergency, to waive application of any provisions of the Pharmacy Law or the regulations adopted pursuant to it, if, in the board's opinion, the waiver will aid in the protection of public health or the provision of patient care. The Pharmacy Law requires the board to issue a remote dispensing site pharmacy license to a supervising pharmacy, as defined, of a remote dispensing site pharmacy, as defined, if certain requirements are met. The Pharmacy Law authorizes a registered pharmacy technician who meets certain requirements, including meeting qualifications established in regulations adopted by the board, to work at a remote dispensing site pharmacy and perform specific tasks under the supervision of a pharmacist at a supervising pharmacy using a telepharmacy system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 690"
citation: "California AB 690 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacies: relocation: remote dispensing site pharmacy: pharmacy technician: qualifications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b2d583f-9fb9-4606-b373-a9d2468aa5c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690"
source_hash: "5f649e27f0660b5f0f6ccbb9dd1fa6b18e3a295063b59859b432e54cbbeb22c9"
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 690 (20192020) — Pharmacies: relocation: remote dispensing site pharmacy: pharmacy technician: qualifications.

The Pharmacy Law requires the California State Board of Pharmacy within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies. The Pharmacy Law authorizes the board, during a declared federal, state, or local emergency, to waive application of any provisions of the Pharmacy Law or the regulations adopted pursuant to it, if, in the board's opinion, the waiver will aid in the protection of public health or the provision of patient care. The Pharmacy Law requires the board to issue a remote dispensing site pharmacy license to a supervising pharmacy, as defined, of a remote dispensing site pharmacy, as defined, if certain requirements are met. The Pharmacy Law authorizes a registered pharmacy technician who meets certain requirements, including meeting qualifications established in regulations adopted by the board, to work at a remote dispensing site pharmacy and perform specific tasks under the supervision of a pharmacist at a supervising pharmacy using a telepharmacy system.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690&version=20190AB69099INT)
2. **06/05/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690&version=20190AB69098AMD)
3. **07/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690&version=20190AB69097AMD)
4. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690&version=20190AB69095CHP)
5. **AB690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690)
6. **09/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB690&version=20190AB69096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB690 Aguiar-Curry By Dahle Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 690 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 690 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence - Urgency Added — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1360.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2138.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-27** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2904.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b2d583f-9fb9-4606-b373-a9d2468aa5c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).