---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol and drug abuse."
description: "Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires any narcotic controlled substance employed in treating an addict for addiction to be administered by a physician and surgeon, a registered nurse acting under the instruction of a physician and surgeon, or a licensed physician assistant acting under the patient-specific authority of his or her physician and surgeon supervisor, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person from treating an addict for addiction to a narcotic drug except in specified locations, including, a facility licensed by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2268"
citation: "California AB 2268 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and drug abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chesbro"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feceffcf-bbeb-461f-a2e9-dc138731a5ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268"
source_hash: "fe0abc7d9cc3119770797d3d119c53b83d7b64b3008a4e6f917ab1c192ea3e94"
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 2268 (20092010) — Alcohol and drug abuse.

Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires any narcotic controlled substance employed in treating an addict for addiction to be administered by a physician and surgeon, a registered nurse acting under the instruction of a physician and surgeon, or a licensed physician assistant acting under the patient-specific authority of his or her physician and surgeon supervisor, as specified. Existing law prohibits a person from treating an addict for addiction to a narcotic drug except in specified locations, including, a facility licensed by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268&version=20090AB226899INT)
2. **04/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268&version=20090AB226898AMD)
3. **07/15/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268&version=20090AB226896CHP)
4. **AB2268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268)
5. **06/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2268&version=20090AB226897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2268 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #28 AB2268 Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chesbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4852.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4099.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2010-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feceffcf-bbeb-461f-a2e9-dc138731a5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).