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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1152: Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1152 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Controlled substances: human chorionic gonadotropin. Primary sponsor: Joe Patterson (R). Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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 generally restricts the prescription, furnishing, possession, sale, and use of controlled substances, and makes a violation of those laws a crime, except as specified. Existing law categorizes chorionic gonadotropin, including human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), as a Schedule III controlled substance except when the hCG is possessed by, sold to, purchased by, transferred to, or administrated by, a licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinarian’s designated agent, exclusively for veterinary use.

This bill would remove hCG from the list of Schedule III controlled substances under the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joe PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3505.).
  5. Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
  6. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12).
  7. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3319.)
  8. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
  9. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2796.).
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page