republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-30.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: Schedule II."
description: "Controlled substances: Schedule II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 30"
citation: "California AB 30 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: Schedule II."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2004-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8be163a8-59a6-4c10-850c-84396e568f69"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30"
source_hash: "7c7b541cbbbcd8e7a10944022a455daf5cb9fbadc8a2c56cfa33603164a06ba1"
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 30 (20032004) — Controlled substances: Schedule II.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3099INT)
2. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3098AMD)
3. **07/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3097AMD)
4. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3096AMD)
5. **09/18/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3094CHP)
6. **AB30** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30)
7. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB30&version=20030AB3095ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab30 richman by burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 30 richman assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 30 richman concurrence- urgency added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richman — primary (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 573, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7534.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 5070.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1961.) `passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-3, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-28** In committee: Set, second hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8be163a8-59a6-4c10-850c-84396e568f69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).