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type: "Bill"
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title: "Controlled substances: destruction of seized marijuana."
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description: "Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, includes provisions authorizing the forfeiture and seizure of property involved in, or purchased with the proceeds from, a controlled substance offense. Existing law authorizes the destruction of seized substances suspected to be controlled substances in excess of 10 pounds in gross weight, subject to specified requirements. Under existing law, prior to destruction of a suspected controlled substance, the law enforcement agency is required to take photographs reasonably demonstrating the total amount of the substance to be destroyed and at least 5 random and representative samples, for evidentiary purposes, from the total amount of suspected controlled substances to be destroyed, in addition to the 10 pounds the law enforcement agency is required to retain."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 303"
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citation: "California SB 303 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Controlled substances: destruction of seized marijuana."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2015-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb0a2f58-5ea2-4db9-a38a-ba581e5c56d6"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303"
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source_hash: "c8265474c07b80df8fac9925b4995eda9fb7a8823f2027fda82ad9bb21116035"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 303 (20152016) — Controlled substances: destruction of seized marijuana.
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Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, includes provisions authorizing the forfeiture and seizure of property involved in, or purchased with the proceeds from, a controlled substance offense. Existing law authorizes the destruction of seized substances suspected to be controlled substances in excess of 10 pounds in gross weight, subject to specified requirements. Under existing law, prior to destruction of a suspected controlled substance, the law enforcement agency is required to take photographs reasonably demonstrating the total amount of the substance to be destroyed and at least 5 random and representative samples, for evidentiary purposes, from the total amount of suspected controlled substances to be destroyed, in addition to the 10 pounds the law enforcement agency is required to retain.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303&version=20150SB30399INT)
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2. **04/27/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303&version=20150SB30398AMD)
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3. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303&version=20150SB30397AMD)
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4. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303&version=20150SB30395CHP)
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5. **SB303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303)
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6. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB303&version=20150SB30396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB303 Hueso Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 303 Hueso Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hueso — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Set for hearing April 14.
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- **2015-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 595.) (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 926.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-16** June 16 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Waldron.
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- **2015-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2689.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2368.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
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- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 713, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb0a2f58-5ea2-4db9-a38a-ba581e5c56d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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