republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2194.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians: continuing education: cultural competency."
description: "The Pharmacy Law establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies. That law prohibits the board from renewing a pharmacist license after the first renewal unless the applicant submits proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has successfully completed 30 hours of approved courses of continuing pharmacy education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2194"
citation: "California AB 2194 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians: continuing education: cultural competency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9c2095c-ea86-469a-8122-4bd47a5c1d48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194"
source_hash: "5ff7ae7b6526b228624ba421d1417709e34b3267ba35014ec4e821ed6707268a"
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 2194 (20212022) — Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians: continuing education: cultural competency.

The Pharmacy Law establishes the California State Board of Pharmacy in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensing and regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies. That law prohibits the board from renewing a pharmacist license after the first renewal unless the applicant submits proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant has successfully completed 30 hours of approved courses of continuing pharmacy education.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194&version=20210AB219499INT)
2. **08/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194&version=20210AB219498AMD)
3. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194&version=20210AB219496CHP)
4. **AB2194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194)
5. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2194&version=20210AB219497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2194 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2194 Ward et al. By Laird — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2194 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Lee — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 4700.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5013.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 958, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9c2095c-ea86-469a-8122-4bd47a5c1d48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).