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Bill	Veterinarians: cannabis: animals.	The California Uniform Controlled Substances Act classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, and places cannabis and cannabis products under Schedule I. The act prohibits prescribing, administering, dispensing, or furnishing a controlled substance to or for any person or animal, unless otherwise specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2215	California AB 2215 (20172018)	bill	Veterinarians: cannabis: animals.	enacted	Kalra	8	25	6	2018-02-12	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/945633c1-da5f-4b01-a399-57b57a93dffe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2215	616d907796785f7ae292f22a9c457f0ee0f44182cd6d7dd61bf8d87541f8a692	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2215 (20172018) — Veterinarians: cannabis: animals.

The California Uniform Controlled Substances Act classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, and places cannabis and cannabis products under Schedule I. The act prohibits prescribing, administering, dispensing, or furnishing a controlled substance to or for any person or animal, unless otherwise specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2215 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 2215 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — 60–10 (pass) · lower
• AB 2215 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2215 Kalra et al. By Hernandez — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-24 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 5411.) 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 Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 6010.). 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 64. Noes 5. Page 7029.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/945633c1-da5f-4b01-a399-57b57a93dffe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).