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Bill	Cannabidiol.	Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, with the most restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule I, and the least restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule V. Existing law designates cannabis in Schedule I. Cannabidiol is a compound contained in cannabis.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 710	California AB 710 (20172018)	bill	Cannabidiol.	enacted	Wood	8	29	1	2017-02-15	2018-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/325f942b-b144-441d-869f-ee4e3b497e35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB710	3183a36171a3adc9bc9d9044a8c56a4408c969b24f6165848a392b109caf4000	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 710 (20172018) — Cannabidiol.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 designated schedules, with the most restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule I, and the least restrictive limitations generally placed on controlled substances classified in Schedule V. Existing law designates cannabis in Schedule I. Cannabidiol is a compound contained in cannabis.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/09/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB710 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/19/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 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
• 2017-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1488.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-01-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-02 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2018-05-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-06-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4662.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-06-18 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5864.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-26 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 62, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/325f942b-b144-441d-869f-ee4e3b497e35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).