republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-486.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances."
description: "Existing law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law also prohibits the sale or possession for sale of various controlled substances, including opiates, as well as their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of those isomers, esters, ethers, and salts fall within a specific chemical designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 486"
citation: "California AB 486 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61662f75-bd67-4dc1-bd96-067b93b5a2cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486"
source_hash: "bba6332be798eeed5d204b8a98213956a0ba09d3195eccbc3cf6c6a577e80a88"
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 486 (20112012) — Controlled substances.

Existing law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law also prohibits the sale or possession for sale of various controlled substances, including opiates, as well as their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers, whenever the existence of those isomers, esters, ethers, and salts fall within a specific chemical designation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48699INT)
2. **04/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48698AMD)
3. **05/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48697AMD)
4. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48696AMD)
5. **07/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48695AMD)
6. **08/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48694AMD)
7. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48692CHP)
8. **AB486** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486)
9. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB486&version=20110AB48693ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB486 Hueso By Hernandez Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 486 HUESO Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 486 HUESO Concurrence - Urgency Added — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1392.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-27** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-22** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2138.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2835.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 656, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61662f75-bd67-4dc1-bd96-067b93b5a2cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).