republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Production or cultivation of a controlled substance: civil penalties."
description: "Existing law imposes various civil penalties for violations of specified provisions of the Fish and Game Code in connection with the production or cultivation of a controlled substance. Existing law requires all civil penalties collected to be apportioned as provided, including 30% of the funds to be distributed to the investigating agency to be used to reimburse the cost of any investigation directly related to the violations described in these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "California SB 165 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Production or cultivation of a controlled substance: civil penalties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-04"
last_action: "2015-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5af50ed-58a1-44e7-9c52-d95652eede5e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165"
source_hash: "0a2b170071f5f3a20c680595dcc3b9d8f8e5ded58062df87eaf8d6d675abc295"
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 165 (20152016) — Production or cultivation of a controlled substance: civil penalties.

Existing law imposes various civil penalties for violations of specified provisions of the Fish and Game Code in connection with the production or cultivation of a controlled substance. Existing law requires all civil penalties collected to be apportioned as provided, including 30% of the funds to be distributed to the investigating agency to be used to reimburse the cost of any investigation directly related to the violations described in these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165&version=20150SB16599INT)
2. **03/12/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165&version=20150SB16598AMD)
3. **04/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165&version=20150SB16597AMD)
4. **08/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165&version=20150SB16595CHP)
5. **SB165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165)
6. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB165&version=20150SB16596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 165 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 507.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2015-04-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 838.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2431.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **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 139, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5af50ed-58a1-44e7-9c52-d95652eede5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).