republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: Schedule II drugs: opioids."
description: "(1) The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under that act, the board is required to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires a physician and surgeon to complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients. That act requires the board to give its highest priority to considering a course in pain management among its continuing education requirements for licensees, and requires the board to periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material on pain management techniques and procedures to licensees and general acute care hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1109"
citation: "California SB 1109 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: Schedule II drugs: opioids."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237ed558-326b-48f5-81cf-653f68bcdb96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109"
source_hash: "1eb0c83a43a9f557712b7f91021c53bb0721c34f98e0d1ed3b4ad0ec4e32ee35"
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 SB 1109 (20172018) — Controlled substances: Schedule II drugs: opioids.

(1) The Medical Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under that act, the board is required to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires a physician and surgeon to complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients. That act requires the board to give its highest priority to considering a course in pain management among its continuing education requirements for licensees, and requires the board to periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material on pain management techniques and procedures to licensees and general acute care hospitals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110999INT)
2. **04/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110998AMD)
3. **04/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110997AMD)
4. **05/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110996AMD)
5. **05/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110995AMD)
6. **06/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110994AMD)
7. **06/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110993AMD)
8. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110992AMD)
9. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110990CHP)
10. **SB1109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109)
11. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1109&version=20170SB110991ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1109 Bates Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1109 Bates et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1109 Bates et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2018-03-28** April 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 4696.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2018-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4852.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-05-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-09** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5040.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4225.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6151.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 693, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/237ed558-326b-48f5-81cf-653f68bcdb96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).