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CA AB 2141

in committee

Pharmacies: license discipline: stipulated settlement and disciplinary order.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2141 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 2141 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 2141 about?

Under existing state law, the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy in this state. Existing law sets forth various disciplinary actions, including license suspension or revocation, against licensees for offenses committed under those licensing provisions. Existing law requires discipline proceedings to be conducted in accordance with the administrative adjudicative provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) . Existing law authorizes an agency to formulate and issue a decision by settlement, as provided, except in an adjudicative proceeding to determine whether an occupational license should be revoked, suspended, limited, or conditioned, existing law prohibits a settlement from being made before issuance of the agency pleading. This bill would authorize the board and licensee to enter into a stipulated settlement and disciplinary order to license discipline without and in advance of the filing of an agency pleading, notwithstanding the above-referenced requirement concerning the APA, and if prescribed conditions are met, including, among others, that the licensee willingly waives the administrative adjudicative procedures of the APA and the licensee submitted mitigation and rehabilitation information, as provided. The bill would require a specified committee of the board to consider the mitigation and rehabilitation information and authorize the committee to extend a stipulated settlement and discipline order offer to the licensee, as provided. The bill would require that the stipulated settlement and disciplinary order be agreed to in writing between the committee and the licensee within 60 calendar days of the date of the licensee's waiver of the administrative adjudicative procedures of the APA, as provided. The bill would provide that the stipulated settlement and disciplinary order is contingent upon approval by the board, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 2141?

Patterson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2141, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Under existing state law, the Pharmacy Law, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy in this state. Existing law sets forth various disciplinary actions, including license suspension or revocation, against licensees for offenses committed under those licensing provisions. Existing law requires discipline proceedings to be conducted in accordance with the administrative adjudicative provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) . Existing law authorizes an agency to formulate and issue a decision by settlement, as provided, except in an adjudicative proceeding to determine whether an occupational license should be revoked, suspended, limited, or conditioned, existing law prohibits a settlement from being made before issuance of the agency pleading. This bill would authorize the board and licensee to enter into a stipulated settlement and disciplinary order to license discipline without and in advance of the filing of an agency pleading, notwithstanding the above-referenced requirement concerning the APA, and if prescribed conditions are met, including, among others, that the licensee willingly waives the administrative adjudicative procedures of the APA and the licensee submitted mitigation and rehabilitation information, as provided. The bill would require a specified committee of the board to consider the mitigation and rehabilitation information and authorize the committee to extend a stipulated settlement and discipline order offer to the licensee, as provided. The bill would require that the stipulated settlement and disciplinary order be agreed to in writing between the committee and the licensee within 60 calendar days of the date of the licensee's waiver of the administrative adjudicative procedures of the APA, as provided. The bill would provide that the stipulated settlement and disciplinary order is contingent upon approval by the board, as provided.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonauthor
  • Bermanprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. 2026-06-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  4. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  5. 2026-05-21

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  6. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5222.)

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  7. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  9. 2026-05-14

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  10. 2026-05-13

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. 2026-04-07

    Coauthors revised.

  14. 2026-03-24

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. 2026-03-23

    Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  16. 2026-03-19

    Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD.

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  17. 2026-03-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

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  18. 2026-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  19. 2026-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 19-0

    Member-level votes (19)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-21 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Stefani: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 2141 Patterson Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-21 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Lee: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-29 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Strickland: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Menjivar: no
    • Caballero: other
    • Archuleta: other

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