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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 212	California SB 212 (20152016)	bill	Controlled substances: factors in aggravation.	enacted	Mendoza	7	27	7	2015-02-11	2015-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/564bc278-284b-4c4b-941d-13d709f152c9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB212	45a03a56a8432d804b90c09bca4337e3abb9b8aaeefd5f9d718f155f26ed314d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/28/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB212 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/564bc278-284b-4c4b-941d-13d709f152c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).