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Bill	Controlled substances: analyzing and testing.	Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Existing law also defines drug paraphernalia and prohibits, among other things, the manufacture, sale, and possession, as specified, of drug paraphernalia. Existing law excludes from these prohibitions any testing equipment that is designed, marketed, used, or intended to be used to analyze a substance for the presence of fentanyl, ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyric acid, or any analog of fentanyl.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2136	California AB 2136 (20232024)	bill	Controlled substances analyzing and testing	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	10	30	7	2024-02-06	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/407f8e38-8437-41ff-b532-7f7bb88716c2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2136	a9df23d741fa7640f617dbcd65e53c4f492eb94b6fed380f3d4238f55890d21c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2136 (20232024) — Controlled substances: analyzing and testing.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Existing law also defines drug paraphernalia and prohibits, among other things, the manufacture, sale, and possession, as specified, of drug paraphernalia. Existing law excludes from these prohibitions any testing equipment that is designed, marketed, used, or intended to be used to analyze a substance for the presence of fentanyl, ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyric acid, or any analog of fentanyl.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2136 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/04/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2136 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2136 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 46–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2136 Jones-Sawyer By Eggman — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 5. Page 5554.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 5.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 701, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/407f8e38-8437-41ff-b532-7f7bb88716c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).