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Bill Controlled substances.   Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by all practitioners authorized to prescribe or dispense these controlled substances. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to provide the history of controlled substances dispensed to an individual to a licensed health care practitioner, pharmacist, or both, providing care or services to the individual. By January 1, 2016, or upon licensure in the case of a pharmacist, or upon receipt of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration in the case of another health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense controlled substances, whichever respective event occurs later, existing law requires those persons to apply to the Department of Justice to obtain approval to access information contained in the CURES database regarding the controlled substance history of a patient under his or her care. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 AB 679 California AB 679 (20152016)
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California AB 679 (20152016) — Controlled substances.

  Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) for the electronic monitoring of the prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, Schedule III, and Schedule IV controlled substances by all practitioners authorized to prescribe or dispense these controlled substances. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to provide the history of controlled substances dispensed to an individual to a licensed health care practitioner, pharmacist, or both, providing care or services to the individual. By January 1, 2016, or upon licensure in the case of a pharmacist, or upon receipt of a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration in the case of another health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense controlled substances, whichever respective event occurs later, existing law requires those persons to apply to the Department of Justice to obtain approval to access information contained in the CURES database regarding the controlled substance history of a patient under his or her care.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/18/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/25/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/10/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  8. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  9. AB679 (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 61 (pass) · lower
  • AB 679 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — 5214 (pass) · lower
  • That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 80 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB679 Travis Allen By Lara Urgency Clause — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • AB 679 ALLEN Concurrence - Urgency Added — 780 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Travis Allen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
  • 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2015-03-26 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2015-04-20 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
  • 2015-05-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 13). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2015-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 14. Page 1689.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2015-06-25 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-08-31 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Bates.
  • 2015-09-03 From inactive file.
  • 2015-09-03 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2015-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-09-10 Joint Rules 61(a) and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2715.)
  • 2015-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
  • 2015-09-10 Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 26. Noes 1. Page 2715.)
  • 2015-09-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2015-09-11 From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
  • 2015-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2760.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2015-09-11 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3194.)
  • 2015-09-11 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3197.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 778, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5643709-6cba-4a46-b3a6-d32aff31ddc8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).