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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin."
description: "Under the existing California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, controlled substances are listed on 5 different schedules. Existing law lists human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) as a Schedule III controlled substance. Substances listed as controlled substances are subject to various forms of regulation, including reporting requirements, prescribing requirements, and criminal prohibitions on possession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2589"
citation: "California AB 2589 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa281cfc-75a3-4f17-bfe3-30533ce1b2f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589"
source_hash: "42cf38ff063c67a27373d870e069ddfc68174124ee2b99e04b11eee924c04301"
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 2589 (20172018) — Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin.
Under the existing California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, controlled substances are listed on 5 different schedules. Existing law lists human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) as a Schedule III controlled substance. Substances listed as controlled substances are subject to various forms of regulation, including reporting requirements, prescribing requirements, and criminal prohibitions on possession.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589&version=20170AB258999INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589&version=20170AB258998AMD)
3. **04/10/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589&version=20170AB258997AMD)
4. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589&version=20170AB258995CHP)
5. **AB2589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589)
6. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2589&version=20170AB258996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar — **360** (pass) · upper
- AB 2589 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bigelow — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** 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`
- **2018-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 81, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa281cfc-75a3-4f17-bfe3-30533ce1b2f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).