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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chain community pharmacies: quotas."
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description: "Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. Existing law prohibits a community pharmacy from requiring a pharmacist to engage in the practice of pharmacy at any time the pharmacy is open to the public, unless another employee, as specified, is made available to assist the pharmacist at all times."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 362"
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citation: "California SB 362 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Chain community pharmacies: quotas."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2021-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6cc8df8-9c74-49bf-aa39-20e984b79c9b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362"
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source_hash: "b118c9d362949a7b58502f2707be138c50bffe7fe7565c26f0a61c10d9bcdd10"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 362 (20212022) — Chain community pharmacies: quotas.
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Under the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy and the conduct of a pharmacy in this state. The Pharmacy Law refers to various types of pharmacies, including community pharmacies, as specified. Existing law prohibits a community pharmacy from requiring a pharmacist to engage in the practice of pharmacy at any time the pharmacy is open to the public, unless another employee, as specified, is made available to assist the pharmacist at all times.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362&version=20210SB36299INT)
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2. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362&version=20210SB36298AMD)
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3. **07/07/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362&version=20210SB36297AMD)
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4. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362&version=20210SB36295CHP)
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5. **SB362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362)
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6. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB362&version=20210SB36296ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 362 Newman Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB362 Newman Concurrence — **31–6** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Newman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
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- **2021-02-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-11** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2021-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 573.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2021-04-05** April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1337.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2568.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2279.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 334, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6cc8df8-9c74-49bf-aa39-20e984b79c9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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