Bill Text: CA AB1778 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Controlled substances: testosterone.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2026-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2026. [AB1778 Detail]

Download: California-2025-AB1778-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 1778

CHAPTER 121

An act to add Section 11056.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

[ Approved by Governor  August 24, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State  August 24, 2026. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1778, Patterson. Controlled substances: testosterone.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 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.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 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.