---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances."
description: "Controlled substances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 258"
citation: "California AB 258 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-14"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac602a31-876d-4fe6-a973-4ae9b9b98db9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258"
source_hash: "3f42a0838ca81cc7ae58413a69fc0e0dfd9ac11d28a91ef23aeff3d94a48d218"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 258 (20012002) — Controlled substances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25899INT)
2. **03/27/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25898AMD)
3. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25897AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25896AMD)
5. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25895AMD)
6. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25894AMD)
7. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25892CHP)
8. **AB258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB258&version=20010AB25893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 258 La Suer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB258 LaSuer By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 258 La Suer Special Consent Calendar 1st Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bill Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Mountjoy — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Richman — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 841, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3981.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2861.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2026.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.)
- **2001-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2001-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac602a31-876d-4fe6-a973-4ae9b9b98db9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).