republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-154.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: permits to conduct business."
description: "Controlled substances: permits to conduct business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 154"
citation: "California AB 154 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: permits to conduct business."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Suer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-01-31"
last_action: "2002-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1ed8cda-d4fa-4c8a-9b5f-2635b0e8ee1d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154"
source_hash: "57f368152aadc5bfbd5f82fc4db251eea77090b6cee3765cb65974632d3259f5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 154 (20012002) — Controlled substances: permits to conduct business.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15499INT)
2. **02/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15496AMD)
3. **03/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15494CHP)
4. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15498AMD)
5. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15497AMD)
6. **AB154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154)
7. **03/14/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB154&version=20010AB15495ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB154 La Suer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 154 Runner Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 154 La Suer Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Suer — primary (person)
- Runner — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-03-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 13, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-03-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-03-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-03-14** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5142.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-03-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-02-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-02-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-02-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (February 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-10** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2012.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 30). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Hearing for testimony only.
- **2001-02-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2001-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1ed8cda-d4fa-4c8a-9b5f-2635b0e8ee1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).