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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unused medications: cancer medication recycling."
description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a county to establish a voluntary drug repository and distribution program for the purpose of distributing surplus medications through a surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary that is licensed by the board. Existing law authorizes the board to charge a fee in the amount of $300 to issue or renew a license to operate as a surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary. Existing law makes a violation of the Pharmacy Law a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "California SB 310 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unused medications: cancer medication recycling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3343feed-49de-40d2-8b30-36d52a14f5a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310"
source_hash: "989d8a1446a18664c9758ba306cd1a1222a333c8dda3bbcce7c516cf2ef6d454"
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 310 (20212022) — Unused medications: cancer medication recycling.
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes a county to establish a voluntary drug repository and distribution program for the purpose of distributing surplus medications through a surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary that is licensed by the board. Existing law authorizes the board to charge a fee in the amount of $300 to issue or renew a license to operate as a surplus medication collection and distribution intermediary. Existing law makes a violation of the Pharmacy Law a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/04/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31099INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31098AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31097AMD)
4. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31096AMD)
5. **06/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31095AMD)
6. **07/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31094AMD)
7. **08/16/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31093AMD)
8. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31092AMD)
9. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31090CHP)
10. **SB310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310)
11. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB310&version=20210SB31091ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 310 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Burke — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB310 Rubio et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB310 Rubio et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rubio — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Burke — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-02** Set for hearing March 8.
- **2021-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 405.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 686.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2021-04-20** April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1187.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2914.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2608.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 541, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3343feed-49de-40d2-8b30-36d52a14f5a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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