republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1286.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy."
description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board. A violation of the Pharmacy Law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1286"
citation: "California AB 1286 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf4c8e38-ae91-4a89-892a-b96dd7246285"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286"
source_hash: "ccfa3404dbcc0aaa844e192eb087cfc1d0fca7e01a597eb01a71cb9a414c61ef"
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 1286 (20232024) — Pharmacy.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer to exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board. 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. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128699INT)
2. **04/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128698AMD)
3. **05/31/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128697AMD)
4. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128696AMD)
5. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128695AMD)
6. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128694AMD)
7. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128693AMD)
8. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128691CHP)
9. **AB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286)
10. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1286&version=20230AB128692ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1286 Haney et al. By Smallwood-Cuevas — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1286 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **57–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 1286 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haney — primary (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1954.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 2118.)
- **2023-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 10. Page 2125.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2758.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 8. Page 3560.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 470, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf4c8e38-ae91-4a89-892a-b96dd7246285`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).