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Bill	Controlled substances: rescheduling.	Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law restricts the prescription, furnishing, possession, sale, and use of controlled substances and makes a violation of those laws a crime, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1021	California AB 1021 (20232024)	bill	Controlled substances rescheduling	enacted	Wicks	6	22	7	2023-02-15	2023-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/aabdd0e2-6eb8-4b04-9f98-cc72edd46768	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1021	213a5c43eb6921a55366a55eeb616a9bc5036eadc77cdf9680435052e931478a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1021 (20232024) — Controlled substances: rescheduling.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law restricts the prescription, furnishing, possession, sale, and use of controlled substances and makes a violation of those laws a crime, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1021 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 69–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1021 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1021 Wicks et al. By Ashby — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)
• Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1546.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-24 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06 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
• 2023-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2356.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 3067.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aabdd0e2-6eb8-4b04-9f98-cc72edd46768. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).