republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-50.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives."
description: "Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy. Exiting law requires a pharmacist, when furnishing self-administered hormonal contraceptives, to follow specified standardized procedures or protocols developed and approved by both the board and the Medical Board of California in consultation with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the California Pharmacists Association, and other appropriate entities. Existing law requires those standardized procedures or protocols to require that the patient use a self-screening tool that will identify related patient risk factors and that require the pharmacist to refer the patient for appropriate followup care, as specified. Existing law requires the pharmacist to provide the recipient of the drug with a standardized factsheet that includes the indications and contraindications for use of the drug, the appropriate method for using the drug, the need for medical followup, and other appropriate information. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist furnishing an FDA-approved, self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to the above-described protocols to furnish, at the patient's request, up to a 12-month supply at one time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 50"
citation: "California AB 50 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pharmacists", "furnishingcontraceptives"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bb24d94-3981-4195-ba10-ef2b8f770473"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50"
source_hash: "a60ad922e02ef876ca70b53df9e0ccb9369948a85d50b4b0e34f29bdcc4c877b"
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 50 (20252026) — Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy. Exiting law requires a pharmacist, when furnishing self-administered hormonal contraceptives, to follow specified standardized procedures or protocols developed and approved by both the board and the Medical Board of California in consultation with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the California Pharmacists Association, and other appropriate entities. Existing law requires those standardized procedures or protocols to require that the patient use a self-screening tool that will identify related patient risk factors and that require the pharmacist to refer the patient for appropriate followup care, as specified. Existing law requires the pharmacist to provide the recipient of the drug with a standardized factsheet that includes the indications and contraindications for use of the drug, the appropriate method for using the drug, the need for medical followup, and other appropriate information. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist furnishing an FDA-approved, self-administered hormonal contraceptive pursuant to the above-described protocols to furnish, at the patient's request, up to a 12-month supply at one time.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50&version=20250AB5099INT)
2. **04/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50&version=20250AB5098AMD)
3. **09/26/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50&version=20250AB5096CHP)
4. **AB50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50)
5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50&version=20250AB5097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB50 Bonta By Ashby Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 50 Bonta Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1316.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2579.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, 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/1bb24d94-3981-4195-ba10-ef2b8f770473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).