--- type: "Bill" title: "Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin." 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 generally restricts the prescription, furnishing, possession, sale, and use of controlled substances, and makes a violation of those laws a crime, except as specified. Existing law categorizes chorionic gonadotropin, including human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) , as a Schedule III controlled substance except when the hCG is possessed by, sold to, purchased by, transferred to, or administrated by, a licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinarian's designated agent, exclusively for veterinary use." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 1152" citation: "California AB 1152 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Controlledsubstances", "humanchorionicgonadotropin"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"] version_count: 7 action_count: 32 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab80ac3a-9a39-4578-8e1e-3d1bd43a1acd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152" source_hash: "4b046300069f56df0e9cbb9d90b29c8aba96a3038cac55a39ac38501ad645154" 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 1152 (20252026) — Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin. 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 generally restricts the prescription, furnishing, possession, sale, and use of controlled substances, and makes a violation of those laws a crime, except as specified. Existing law categorizes chorionic gonadotropin, including human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) , as a Schedule III controlled substance except when the hCG is possessed by, sold to, purchased by, transferred to, or administrated by, a licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinarian's designated agent, exclusively for veterinary use. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115299INT) 2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115298AMD) 3. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115297AMD) 4. **09/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115296AMD) 5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115294CHP) 6. **AB1152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152) 7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1152&version=20250AB115295ENR) ## Votes - AB 1152 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper - With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1152 Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1152 Patterson By Valladares — **39–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Patterson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - **2025-03-28** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-24** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.) - **2025-04-24** (Pending re-refer to Com. on L. GOV.) - **2025-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1484.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-05-21** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HOUSING. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. - **2025-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2796.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2025-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3319.) - **2025-09-12** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage` - **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.) - **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3505.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab80ac3a-9a39-4578-8e1e-3d1bd43a1acd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).