Existing law, the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter into partnerships, in consultation with other state departments as necessary to, among other things, increase patient access to affordable drugs. Existing law requires CHHSA to enter into such partnerships to produce or distribute at least one form of insulin, if a viable pathway for manufacturing a more affordable form of insulin exists at a price that results in savings. Existing law, for the purposes of implementing the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, until December 31, 2027, permits CHHSA and its departments to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated basis.
California SB 838 (20212022) — Health care: prescription drugs.
Existing law, the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter into partnerships, in consultation with other state departments as necessary to, among other things, increase patient access to affordable drugs. Existing law requires CHHSA to enter into such partnerships to produce or distribute at least one form of insulin, if a viable pathway for manufacturing a more affordable form of insulin exists at a price that results in savings. Existing law, for the purposes of implementing the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, until December 31, 2027, permits CHHSA and its departments to enter into exclusive or nonexclusive contracts on a bid or negotiated basis.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 838 Pan Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — 61–10 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading SB838 Pan et al. — 27–8 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB838 Pan et al. Concurrence — 31–7 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Pan — primary (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-01-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-01-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
2022-01-19 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-04-07 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
2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 27.
2022-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3542.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-17 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3771.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 3866.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-05-27 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 5315.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 603, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b44496b4-ba6d-42a5-83aa-4eb3dbcb4a92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).