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CA AB 309

enacted

Hypodermic needles and syringes.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 309 pass?

Yes. CA AB 309 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 309 about?

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a physician or pharmacist to, without a prescription or permit, furnish hypodermic needles and syringes for human use to a person 18 years of age or older, and authorizes a person 18 years of age or older to, without a prescription or license, obtain hypodermic needles and syringes solely for personal use from a physician or pharmacist, as a public health measure, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires a pharmacy that furnishes nonprescription syringes to provide written information or verbal counseling to consumers, as specified, at the time of furnishing or sale of nonprescription hypodermic needles or syringes. Existing law, when no other penalty is provided, makes a knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law a misdemeanor and, in all other instances, makes a violation punishable as an infraction. This bill would delete the January 1, 2026, repeal date, thereby extending those provisions indefinitely, and would make other conforming changes. By indefinitely extending an existing requirement under the Pharmacy Law, the violation of which is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 309?

Zbur is the primary sponsor of CA AB 309, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a physician or pharmacist to, without a prescription or permit, furnish hypodermic needles and syringes for human use to a person 18 years of age or older, and authorizes a person 18 years of age or older to, without a prescription or license, obtain hypodermic needles and syringes solely for personal use from a physician or pharmacist, as a public health measure, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires a pharmacy that furnishes nonprescription syringes to provide written information or verbal counseling to consumers, as specified, at the time of furnishing or sale of nonprescription hypodermic needles or syringes. Existing law, when no other penalty is provided, makes a knowing violation of the Pharmacy Law a misdemeanor and, in all other instances, makes a violation punishable as an infraction. This bill would delete the January 1, 2026, repeal date, thereby extending those provisions indefinitely, and would make other conforming changes. By indefinitely extending an existing requirement under the Pharmacy Law, the violation of which is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zburauthor
  • Elhawaryprincipal coauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Jacksoncoauthor
  • Lairdcoauthor
  • Padillacoauthor
  • Pérezcoauthor
  • Wienercoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-24

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  3. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  4. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-04-23

    Coauthors revised.

  6. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 23).

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  7. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 1555.)

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  9. 2025-05-15

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

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  10. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. P. & E.D.

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  11. 2025-06-19

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  12. 2025-07-14

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  14. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2459.).

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  16. 2025-09-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  17. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  18. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  19. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 12-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Flora: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ta: other

  • AB 309 Zbur Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-15 · pass · 54-15

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Chen: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Davies: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Alanis: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Ta: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]

    2025-06-18 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: no
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Valladares: other

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

    2025-07-14 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Choi: no
    • Strickland: no

  • 3rd Reading AB309 Zbur et al. By Padilla Final Vote

    2025-09-03 · pass · 28-11

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Niello: no
    • Grove: no
    • Hurtado: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Choi: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Blakespear: other

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