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CA AB 50

enacted

Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 50 pass?

Yes. CA AB 50 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-26. Latest recorded action (2025-09-26): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 50 about?

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. This bill would limit the application of those requirements to self-administered hormonal contraceptives that are prescription-only, and would authorize a pharmacist to furnish over-the-counter contraceptives without following those standardized procedures or protocols. The bill would additionally authorize a pharmacist to furnish up to a 12-month supply at one time of over-the-counter contraceptives at the patient's request. The bill would make related conforming changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 50?

Bonta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 50.

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. This bill would limit the application of those requirements to self-administered hormonal contraceptives that are prescription-only, and would authorize a pharmacist to furnish over-the-counter contraceptives without following those standardized procedures or protocols. The bill would additionally authorize a pharmacist to furnish up to a 12-month supply at one time of over-the-counter contraceptives at the patient's request. The bill would make related conforming changes. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-04-01
Latest action
2025-09-26 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bontaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-02-18

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

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1).

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  5. 2025-04-02

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-03

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  7. 2025-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).

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  9. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-04-28

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1316.).

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  11. 2025-04-29

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

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  12. 2025-05-07

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

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  13. 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.

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  14. 2025-06-23

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

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  15. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2579.).

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  17. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  18. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  19. 2025-09-26

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-09-26

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-02Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 09/26/25 - Chaptered — 2025-09-26Compare
  • AB50Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

    2025-04-01 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Haney: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • AB 50 Bonta Third Reading Urgency

    2025-04-28 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Flora: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Ellis: other

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

    2025-06-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Menjivar: other
    • Choi: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other

  • 3rd Reading AB50 Bonta By Ashby Urgency Clause

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB50

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