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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy."
description: "(1) Existing law, 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. Existing law authorizes the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint an executive officer to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties delegated by the board, as specified. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing the board and authorizing the appointment of an executive officer on January 1, 2026, rendering the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1503"
citation: "California AB 1503 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c8d8049-513f-43cb-898d-8824e04eea31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503"
source_hash: "adf405cde0286e7b3eb21e26b6d9bd5f32fb65d8c1db3efb51e4d8ebd41bcec7"
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 1503 (20252026) — Pharmacy.
(1) Existing law, 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. Existing law authorizes the board, with the approval of the Director of Consumer Affairs, to appoint an executive officer to exercise certain powers and to perform certain duties delegated by the board, as specified. Existing law repeals the provisions establishing the board and authorizing the appointment of an executive officer on January 1, 2026, rendering the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150399INT)
2. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150398AMD)
3. **04/30/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150397AMD)
4. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150396AMD)
5. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150395AMD)
6. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150393CHP)
7. **AB1503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503)
8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1503&version=20250AB150394ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **131** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · upper
- AB 1503 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **632** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1503 Berman et al. By Ashby — **390** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **111** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1503 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **541** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Berman — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 1. Page 1893.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2706.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 2. Page 3243.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 196, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c8d8049-513f-43cb-898d-8824e04eea31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).