---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dextromethorphan: sale to minors prohibited."
description: "Existing law prohibits a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person from selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing a specified substance, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, to a person under 18 years of age, except as specified. A first violation of this provision is a misdemeanor. Existing law further regulates the sale of nonprescription drugs, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 514"
citation: "California SB 514 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dextromethorphan: sale to minors prohibited."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed598c61-6fa2-4f00-8faa-f3ea8bf4eb27"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514"
source_hash: "e1ae89f7ed56332e8a0778428aae367b22f5f04ace6306f95ce301ffe0782b6a"
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 SB 514 (20112012) — Dextromethorphan: sale to minors prohibited.

Existing law prohibits a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person from selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing a specified substance, including ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, to a person under 18 years of age, except as specified. A first violation of this provision is a misdemeanor. Existing law further regulates the sale of nonprescription drugs, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514&version=20110SB51499INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514&version=20110SB51498AMD)
3. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514&version=20110SB51497AMD)
4. **08/31/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514&version=20110SB51495CHP)
5. **SB514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514)
6. **08/19/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB514&version=20110SB51496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 514 Simitian Senate Third Reading By HAGMAN — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-17** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 862.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1086.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 2449.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 199, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed598c61-6fa2-4f00-8faa-f3ea8bf4eb27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).