SBLBSHP Newsletter
Spring 2021
Legislation Updates AB1328 Passes the Assembly B&P, Moves to Appropriations! By Rosalin Preechakul, PharmD, APh, BCPS, Legal Affairs Chair
In the Summer of 2020, CSHP formed a Public Health Task Force to work on AB1328, authored by Assembly Member Jacqui Irwin. The goal was to empower pharmacists to fully engage in public health initiatives. On April 20, 2021, AB1328 passed the first hearing at the Assembly Business and Professions (B&P) Committee and passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 5th, 2021. If it follows its course, it will then move to the Assembly Floor, then move the same course on the Senate side, then to the governor’s desk for signing into law. The Life Cycle of Legislation diagram below shows the essential steps for passage of a bill (Continued on next page).
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