Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Under existing law, the substances in Schedule I are deemed to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use while substances in Schedules II through V are substances that have an accepted medical use, but have the potential for abuse. Existing law categorizes fenfluramine as a Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law makes it a crime to possess, possess for sale, or to sell materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations containing specified controlled substances, including fenfluramine, as specified.
California AB 2018 (20232024) — Controlled substances: fenfluramine.
Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Under existing law, the substances in Schedule I are deemed to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use while substances in Schedules II through V are substances that have an accepted medical use, but have the potential for abuse. Existing law categorizes fenfluramine as a Schedule IV controlled substance. Existing law makes it a crime to possess, possess for sale, or to sell materials, compounds, mixtures, or preparations containing specified controlled substances, including fenfluramine, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Rodriguez — primary (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4630.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4626.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 98, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a692a751-e90a-4636-8254-75fc106755dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).