---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: fenfluramine."
description: "Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Under existing law, the substances in Schedule I are deemed to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use while substances in Schedules II through V are substances that have an accepted medical use, but have the potential for abuse. Existing law categorizes fenfluramine as a Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law makes it a crime to possess, possess for sale, or to sell materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations containing specified controlled substances, including fenfluramine, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2018"
citation: "California AB 2018 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances", "fenfluramine"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a692a751-e90a-4636-8254-75fc106755dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2018"
source_hash: "02ff931e325b2ff15b686cd9768fd979579747294c54c4e5d206374c2d3db1a4"
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 2018 (20232024) — Controlled substances: fenfluramine.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Under existing law, the substances in Schedule I are deemed to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use while substances in Schedules II through V are substances that have an accepted medical use, but have the potential for abuse. Existing law categorizes fenfluramine as a Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law makes it a crime to possess, possess for sale, or to sell materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations containing specified controlled substances, including fenfluramine, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2018&version=20230AB201899INT)
2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2018&version=20230AB201897CHP)
3. **AB2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2018)
4. **06/25/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2018&version=20230AB201898ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2018 Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2018 Rodriguez et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4626.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a692a751-e90a-4636-8254-75fc106755dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).