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CA AB1320

Bill

Status

Failed

2/2/2026

Primary Sponsor

Joe Patterson

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits state agencies from awarding noncompetitive contracts for opioid antagonists (like naloxone) to companies that have entered multistate settlement agreements for contributing to the opioid epidemic

  • Applies to contracts under the California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020, which allows expedited contracting to increase generic drug competition and lower prices

  • Makes any contract that violates this prohibition void and unenforceable

  • Applies retroactively to contracts entered into before January 1, 2026

  • Defines opioid antagonists as naloxone hydrochloride or other FDA-approved drugs that reverse opioid overdose effects

Legislative Description

California Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act of 2020: opioid antagonists.

Last Action

From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

2/2/2026

Committee Referrals

Health3/13/2025

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