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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1587: Prescription drug refills: prescriber notifications.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1587 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Prescription drug refills: prescriber notifications. Primary sponsor: Tri Ta (R). Most recent recorded action (July 13, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to, among other things, perform certain procedures or functions and furnish specified drugs. Existing law authorizes the refilling of a prescription for a dangerous drug without the authorization of the prescriber if the prescriber is unavailable to authorize the refill and, in the pharmacist’s professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the patient’s ongoing care and have a significant adverse effect on the patient’s well-being. Existing law requires a pharmacist to notify the prescriber, as specified, of any prescription refilled without their authorization.

This bill would only require a pharmacist to provide that notification if a prescriber is identified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tri TaPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly70

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5015.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  9. Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4794.)
  12. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page