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Bill	Controlled substances: CURES database.	(1) Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into Schedules I to V, inclusive. 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. Existing law requires a dispensing pharmacy, clinic, or other dispenser to report specified information to the department as soon as reasonably possible, but no more than 7 days after a controlled substance is dispensed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 528	California AB 528 (20192020)	bill	Controlled substances: CURES database.	enacted	Low	7	33	9	2019-02-13	2019-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/94ad1eca-309f-48a1-a213-0db7c25de414	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB528	aeb115894ce180c4e83f7b9625863430c875c4e4cd10f9adeb27fdeb77cf39a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 528 (20192020) — Controlled substances: CURES database.

(1) Existing law classifies certain controlled substances into Schedules I to V, inclusive. 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. Existing law requires a dispensing pharmacy, clinic, or other dispenser to report specified information to the department as soon as reasonably possible, but no more than 7 days after a controlled substance is dispensed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB528 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 528 Low Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 528 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB528 Low By Pan — 38–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1471.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-19 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-05 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2019-07-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2760.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3439.)
• 2019-09-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3461.)
• 2019-09-13 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2019-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3554.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 677, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94ad1eca-309f-48a1-a213-0db7c25de414. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).