---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs."
description: "Drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1196"
citation: "California AB 1196 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Montanez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb3b22e0-411b-4a1d-ae6a-3bda84d06b7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196"
source_hash: "31899aeb53caf0da2dba4395fb4b1c29eb8c78cae0bd513ac9eaea81ca707c3a"
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 1196 (20032004) — Drugs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119699INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119698AMD)
3. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119697AMD)
4. **06/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119696AMD)
5. **06/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119695AMD)
6. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119694AMD)
7. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119693AMD)
8. **10/10/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119691CHP)
9. **AB1196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196)
10. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1196&version=20030AB119692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1196 montanez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1196 montanez by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1196 montanez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Montanez — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3569.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 2331.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-08-18** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1826.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 25. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb3b22e0-411b-4a1d-ae6a-3bda84d06b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).