---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum."
description: "Crimes: sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 259"
citation: "California AB 259 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-05"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e77474-ab92-49f0-b908-3fbf9255b372"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259"
source_hash: "2e64158cbdb4ea90e8a65c97e60b9a042f0d52994a02c57230bd238c644dd1c7"
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 259 (20072008) — Crimes: sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259&version=20070AB25999INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259&version=20070AB25997AMD)
3. **03/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259&version=20070AB25998AMD)
4. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259&version=20070AB25995CHP)
5. **AB259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259)
6. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB259&version=20070AB25996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 259 ADAMS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB259 Adams By Margett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2007-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3882.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 5. Page 4605.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99e77474-ab92-49f0-b908-3fbf9255b372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).