---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: probation."
description: "Existing law prohibits the possession, sale, and transport, as specified, of certain controlled substances. Existing law requires a person granted probation for controlled substance offenses to, as a condition of probation, secure education or treatment from a local community agency designated by the court, if the service is available and the person is likely to benefit from the service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 890"
citation: "California AB 890 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances", "probation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Patterson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bde35166-1da4-4ce1-8f76-fd2ea2ee7b98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890"
source_hash: "0987e36ab18e4f52e6b6fa1b4d1af7f90cd2f67d53666272986f9230bbe5475a"
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 890 (20232024) — Controlled substances: probation.

Existing law prohibits the possession, sale, and transport, as specified, of certain controlled substances. Existing law requires a person granted probation for controlled substance offenses to, as a condition of probation, secure education or treatment from a local community agency designated by the court, if the service is available and the person is likely to benefit from the service.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89099INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89098AMD)
3. **06/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89097AMD)
4. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89096AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89095AMD)
6. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89094AMD)
7. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89092CHP)
8. **AB890** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890)
9. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB890&version=20230AB89093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 890 Joe Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 890 Joe Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB890 Joe Patterson et al. By Alvarado-Gil — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joe Patterson — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Bains — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1756.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2641.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3406.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bde35166-1da4-4ce1-8f76-fd2ea2ee7b98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).