---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinarians: cannabis: animals."
description: "The California Uniform Controlled Substances Act classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, and places cannabis and cannabis products under Schedule I. The act prohibits prescribing, administering, dispensing, or furnishing a controlled substance to or for any person or animal, unless otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2215"
citation: "California AB 2215 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterinarians: cannabis: animals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/945633c1-da5f-4b01-a399-57b57a93dffe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215"
source_hash: "616d907796785f7ae292f22a9c457f0ee0f44182cd6d7dd61bf8d87541f8a692"
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 2215 (20172018) — Veterinarians: cannabis: animals.

The California Uniform Controlled Substances Act classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, and places cannabis and cannabis products under Schedule I. The act prohibits prescribing, administering, dispensing, or furnishing a controlled substance to or for any person or animal, unless otherwise specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221599INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221598AMD)
3. **04/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221597AMD)
4. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221596AMD)
5. **08/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221595AMD)
6. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221593CHP)
7. **AB2215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215)
8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215&version=20170AB221594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2215 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — **60–10** (pass) · lower
- AB 2215 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2215 Kalra et al. By Hernandez — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)
- Acosta — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 5411.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 6010.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 7029.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/945633c1-da5f-4b01-a399-57b57a93dffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).