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Bill	Public health: alcohol and drug programs.	Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse and problem gambling. Existing law defines "alcohol abuser" and "drug abuser," for these purposes, as anyone who has a problem related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages or illicit, illegal, legal, or prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications in a manner other than prescribed, respectively, whether or not it is of a periodic or continuing nature. Existing law defines "alcohol and other drug services" as a service that is designed to encourage recovery from the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and "alcohol and other drug abuse program" as a collection of alcohol and other drug services that are coordinated to achieve specified objectives. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities by the department and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2995	California AB 2995 (20232024)	bill	Public health alcohol and drug programs	enacted	Jackson	7	22	5	2024-02-16	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/2c1c1e55-d66c-40f0-a829-a780ceab6e69	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2995	fa5268455895859f3f819a40a9c17eb97087cfe36131f51089238c58311ca11d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2995 (20232024) — Public health: alcohol and drug programs.

Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering prevention, treatment, and recovery services for alcohol and drug abuse and problem gambling. Existing law defines "alcohol abuser" and "drug abuser," for these purposes, as anyone who has a problem related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages or illicit, illegal, legal, or prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications in a manner other than prescribed, respectively, whether or not it is of a periodic or continuing nature. Existing law defines "alcohol and other drug services" as a service that is designed to encourage recovery from the abuse of alcohol and other drugs, and "alcohol and other drug abuse program" as a collection of alcohol and other drug services that are coordinated to achieve specified objectives. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of adult alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities by the department and authorizes the department to enforce those provisions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2995 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2995 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2995 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2995 Jackson By Menjivar — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5000.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-08 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-18 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
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 847, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c1c1e55-d66c-40f0-a829-a780ceab6e69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).