20250AB__177898AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-09 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-06-01 2025 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Patterson

An act to add

Section 11056.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. controlled substances Controlled substances: testosterone. Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 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. Existing federal law also regulates controlled substances by schedule. Under existing state and federal law, testosterone is classified as a

Schedule III controlled substance. This bill would, if testosterone or dihydrotestosterone is excluded from

Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act and reclassified to a less restrictive

schedule or exempted from the act, deem it to be rescheduled or exempted, respectively, under this division. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 11056.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 11056.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the classification of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone under this division shall conform to their classifications under the federal Controlled Substances Act if that classification is less restrictive than the classification under this division. If testosterone or dihydrotestosterone is removed from

Schedule III and rescheduled to a less restrictive

schedule or exempted under federal law, it shall be deemed rescheduled or exempted, respectively, under this division.