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type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances: possession: deferred entry of judgment."
description: "Existing law provides that entry of judgment may be deferred with respect to a defendant who is charged with certain crimes involving possession of controlled substances and who meets certain criteria, including that he or she has no prior convictions for any offense involving controlled substances and has had no felony convictions within the 5 years prior, as specified. Existing law requires the prosecuting attorney to review his or her file to determine whether or not these criteria apply to the defendant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2309"
citation: "California AB 2309 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled substances: possession: deferred entry of judgment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc0f4cd3-6437-4622-bb72-0a80ba5312de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2309"
source_hash: "09e034038c7aae20da8562e5fabdf16615f31a33ffe709e6951d575ae8977bde"
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 2309 (20132014) — Controlled substances: possession: deferred entry of judgment.
Existing law provides that entry of judgment may be deferred with respect to a defendant who is charged with certain crimes involving possession of controlled substances and who meets certain criteria, including that he or she has no prior convictions for any offense involving controlled substances and has had no felony convictions within the 5 years prior, as specified. Existing law requires the prosecuting attorney to review his or her file to determine whether or not these criteria apply to the defendant.
## 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=201320140AB2309&version=20130AB230999INT)
2. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2309&version=20130AB230997CHP)
3. **AB2309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2309)
4. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2309&version=20130AB230998ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2309 BROWN Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2309 Brown By Anderson — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brown — 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`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4600.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4413.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 471, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc0f4cd3-6437-4622-bb72-0a80ba5312de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).