CA AB 529

in committee

Pharmacy: declared state of emergency.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 529 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 529 is in committee as of 2025-07-10 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-07-10): In Senate. Held at Desk.

What is CA AB 529 about?

The Pharmacy Law requires the California State Board of Pharmacy within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy, including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacies. The Pharmacy Law authorizes the board, during a declared federal, state, or local emergency, to waive application of any provision of the Pharmacy Law or the regulations adopted pursuant to it, if, in the board's opinion, the waiver will aid in the protection of public health or the provision of patient care. Existing law authorizes the board to elect to continue to waive application of any provision of the Pharmacy Law for up to 90 days following the termination of a declared public emergency if, in the board's opinion, the continued waiver will aid in the protection of public health or the provision of patient care. This bill would instead authorize the board to elect to continue to waive application of any provision of the Pharmacy Law for up to 120 days following the termination of a declared emergency.

Who sponsors CA AB 529?

Ahrens is the primary sponsor of CA AB 529.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-07-10 — In Senate. Held at Desk.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-11
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-12
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2025-02-24
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
referral-committee
2025-04-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).
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2025-04-24
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-01
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1386.)
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2025-05-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-14
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
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2025-06-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-19
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-30
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-01
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1932.).
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2025-07-03
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-07-10
Ordered to the Senate.
2025-07-10
Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-07-10
In Senate. Held at Desk.

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
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. To Consent Calendar.
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 529 Ahrens Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-01 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Flora: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Soria: yes
- Patel: yes
- Haney: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Davies: yes
- Berman: yes
- McKinnor: other
- Papan: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-09 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Grayson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Niello: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Weber Pierson: other
- Menjivar: other
- Smallwood-Cuevas: other
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-07-03 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grove: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Reyes: other
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other

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