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Bill	Controlled substances.	(1) Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (the 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 527	California AB 527 (20212022)	bill	Controlled substances.	enacted	Wood	7	30	7	2021-02-10	2022-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/384a72be-4c4b-4ad8-8810-f2cf83aeff5b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB527	2aa8a53ed83be02560073eb8e591579e8a561a6f325cd816e53861d033053be6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 527 (20212022) — Controlled substances.

(1) Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act (the 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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB527 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 527 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 527 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB527 Wood By Roth — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-03-15 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-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Ordered to Consent Calendar.
• 2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1156.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-23 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2452.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
• 2021-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3047.)
• 2021-09-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (September 9). committee-passage
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3122.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/384a72be-4c4b-4ad8-8810-f2cf83aeff5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).