republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-507.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: pain management."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to employ a physician to interview and examine any patient in connection with the prescription, possession, or use of a controlled substance, requires the patient to submit to the interview and examination, and authorizes the physician to testify in prescribed administrative proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 507"
citation: "California AB 507 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: pain management."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff3dee19-5a3e-4fe8-92f5-b6d9e91daf65"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507"
source_hash: "611108e819ff8ed1962ac24aa2f871173d19bdaa1407859e3608a5ad98632aa5"
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 507 (20112012) — Controlled substances: pain management.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to employ a physician to interview and examine any patient in connection with the prescription, possession, or use of a controlled substance, requires the patient to submit to the interview and examination, and authorizes the physician to testify in prescribed administrative proceedings.

## 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=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50799INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50798AMD)
3. **04/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50797AMD)
4. **04/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50796AMD)
5. **06/20/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50795AMD)
6. **07/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50794AMD)
7. **08/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50793AMD)
8. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50791CHP)
9. **AB507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507)
10. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB507&version=20110AB50792ENR)

## Votes

- AB 507 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **55–20** (pass) · lower
- AB 507 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB507 Hayashi By Wyland — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (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.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 1470.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** 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 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-17** Measure version as amended on August 16 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2082.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 2723.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff3dee19-5a3e-4fe8-92f5-b6d9e91daf65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).