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Bill	Controlled substances: prescriptions.	Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires prescription forms for controlled substance prescriptions to be obtained from security printers approved by the department, as specified. Existing law requires those prescription forms to be printed with specified features, including a uniquely serialized number.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 149	California AB 149 (20192020)	bill	Controlled substances: prescriptions.	enacted	Cooper	7	24	7	2018-12-14	2019-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ed66457a-9340-4366-8c43-5985dcf1a2b9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB149	f8191dc35d1348b6a288d0ef84cc1023af33364f32302b4a7937d5304f3beb1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 149 (20192020) — Controlled substances: prescriptions.

Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into designated schedules. Existing law requires prescription forms for controlled substance prescriptions to be obtained from security printers approved by the department, as specified. Existing law requires those prescription forms to be printed with specified features, including a uniquely serialized number.

Version chain

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

1. 12/14/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/24/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/30/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 02/19/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 03/11/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB149 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/01/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 149 Cooper Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 149 Cooper Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB149 Cooper et al. By Pan Urgency Clause — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cooper — primary (person)
• Arambula — principal coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-14 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2018-12-15 From printer. May be heard in committee January 14.
• 2019-01-07 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-01-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-01-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (February 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-02-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-02-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 306.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-02-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-02-13 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (February 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-02-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-02-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-02-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 253.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-02-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-02-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 528.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2019-03-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-03-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 4, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed66457a-9340-4366-8c43-5985dcf1a2b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).