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 a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law requires prescription forms for controlled substance prescriptions to be obtained from security printers approved by the department, as specified. Existing law requires a dispensing pharmacy, clinic, or other dispenser to report specified information to the department.
California AB 1753 (20172018) — Controlled substances: CURES database.
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 a health care practitioner authorized to prescribe, order, administer, furnish, or dispense a Schedule II, Schedule III, or Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law requires prescription forms for controlled substance prescriptions to be obtained from security printers approved by the department, as specified. Existing law requires a dispensing pharmacy, clinic, or other dispenser to report specified information to the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1753 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1753 LOW Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Low — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-04 From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
2018-01-16 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5387.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5973.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6989.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 479, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0488573-8c75-4e34-8982-4e2b8cd3b159. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).