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type: "Bill"
title: "CURES database: health information technology system."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 40"
citation: "California AB 40 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURES database: health information technology system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c33d71-76d9-433e-bb1d-faba134584e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40"
source_hash: "4ac946f9969908d2db724206a22db5f2bf2b328d729b7e6d46a5c92662acfe16"
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 40 (20172018) — CURES database: health information technology system.
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4099INT)
2. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4098AMD)
3. **05/26/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4097AMD)
4. **07/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4096AMD)
5. **07/10/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4095AMD)
6. **08/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4094AMD)
7. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4093AMD)
8. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4092AMD)
9. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4090CHP)
10. **AB40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40)
11. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB40&version=20170AB4091ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 40 SANTIAGO Third Reading Urgency — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 40 Santiago Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — **790** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Calendar # AB40 Santiago By Lara Urgency Clause — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Santiago — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** 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`
- **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1922.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2912.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3421.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 607, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c33d71-76d9-433e-bb1d-faba134584e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).