--- type: "Bill" title: "Controlled substances: CURES database." description: "Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2086" citation: "California AB 2086 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Controlled substances: CURES database."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-02-07" last_action: "2018-09-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f768d67a-93c5-4c7b-b440-776a6e66e13c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086" source_hash: "6c487db856e3868b548fe3c77ec59ede96e794e66ef28ada94ade56506bd7f66" 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 2086 (20172018) — Controlled substances: CURES database. Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/07/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086&version=20170AB208699INT) 2. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086&version=20170AB208698AMD) 3. **08/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086&version=20170AB208697AMD) 4. **09/06/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086&version=20170AB208695CHP) 5. **AB2086** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086) 6. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2086&version=20170AB208696ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2086 Gallagher et al. By Hernandez — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2086 GALLAGHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2086 GALLAGHER Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gallagher — primary (person) - Gipson — coauthor (person) - Mathis — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10. - **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5004.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-07-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-06** From Consent Calendar. - **2018-08-06** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5453.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6496.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f768d67a-93c5-4c7b-b440-776a6e66e13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).