--- type: "Bill" title: "Controlled substances: factors in aggravation." description: "Existing law makes it a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 3, 5, or 7 years, to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare by chemical extraction, or by means of chemical synthesis, any controlled substance. Existing law requires the sentencing court to consider the fact that a person under 16 years of age resided in a structure in which a violation of these provisions occurred as a factor in aggravation, except when a specified enhancement is pled and proved." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 212" citation: "California SB 212 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Controlled substances: factors in aggravation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2015-02-11" last_action: "2015-08-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/564bc278-284b-4c4b-941d-13d709f152c9" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212" source_hash: "45a03a56a8432d804b90c09bca4337e3abb9b8aaeefd5f9d718f155f26ed314d" 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 212 (20152016) — Controlled substances: factors in aggravation. Existing law makes it a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for 3, 5, or 7 years, to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process, or prepare by chemical extraction, or by means of chemical synthesis, any controlled substance. Existing law requires the sentencing court to consider the fact that a person under 16 years of age resided in a structure in which a violation of these provisions occurred as a factor in aggravation, except when a specified enhancement is pled and proved. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21299INT) 2. **04/28/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21298AMD) 3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21297AMD) 4. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21296AMD) 5. **08/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21294CHP) 6. **SB212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212) 7. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212&version=20150SB21295ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB212 Mendoza Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper - SB 212 Mendoza Senate Third Reading By LACKEY — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mendoza — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14. - **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-10** Set for hearing March 24. - **2015-03-24** March 24 hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-03-25** Set for hearing April 7. - **2015-04-01** April 7 hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 14. - **2015-04-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 594.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-04-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11. - **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1149.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2328.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-07-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1981.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m. - **2015-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 141, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/564bc278-284b-4c4b-941d-13d709f152c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).