---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: sentencing."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from using or being under the influence of certain controlled substances, except as specified. A person convicted of violating this prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and the court is required to sentence the person to not less than 90 days or more than one year in a county jail. The court is authorized to place a person convicted under this provision on probation for not more than 5 years, and the court is required, as a condition of granting probation, to order the person to serve at least 90 days in a county jail. The court is prohibited, except with regards to specified drug treatment provisions, from absolving a person convicted under this provision from serving at least 90 days in a county jail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2492"
citation: "California AB 2492 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: sentencing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7653a996-fa30-416c-96d2-828d577f66ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492"
source_hash: "8b1d1f9d7bd10b7f743b52e281d6369e324f4270526b49731364069290a83bbf"
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 2492 (20132014) — Controlled substances: sentencing.

Existing law prohibits a person from using or being under the influence of certain controlled substances, except as specified. A person convicted of violating this prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and the court is required to sentence the person to not less than 90 days or more than one year in a county jail. The court is authorized to place a person convicted under this provision on probation for not more than 5 years, and the court is required, as a condition of granting probation, to order the person to serve at least 90 days in a county jail. The court is prohibited, except with regards to specified drug treatment provisions, from absolving a person convicted under this provision from serving at least 90 days in a county jail.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492&version=20130AB249299INT)
2. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492&version=20130AB249298AMD)
3. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492&version=20130AB249296CHP)
4. **AB2492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492)
5. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2492&version=20130AB249297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2492 Jones-Sawyer By Mitchell Lay on Table — **23–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2492 Jones-Sawyer By Mitchell — **21–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2492 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **48–23** (pass) · lower
- AB 2492 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading Amend By JONES-SAWYER Set #1 — **67–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 5226.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5325.)
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 5332.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4690.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7653a996-fa30-416c-96d2-828d577f66ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).