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Bill	Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.	Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. The act classifies the drug fentanyl in Schedule II. Existing law prohibits a person from possessing for sale or purchasing for purposes of sale, specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, and provides for imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years for a violation of this provision.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 33	California AB 33 (20232024)	bill	Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force	enacted	Bains	11	34	9	2022-12-05	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/277c9069-2e79-4e22-a85a-234c4187fe10	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB33	0252af136f8bd16963cdb5a9f089aa0a4fe59ad695f1987359363675e4e548c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 33 (20232024) — Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.

Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. The act classifies the drug fentanyl in Schedule II. Existing law prohibits a person from possessing for sale or purchasing for purposes of sale, specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, and provides for imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years for a violation of this provision.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/09/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB33 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB33 Bains et al. By Seyarto Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 33 Bains Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 33 Bains Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bains — primary (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Seyarto — principal coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)
• Zbur — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1757.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2634.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3527.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 887, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/277c9069-2e79-4e22-a85a-234c4187fe10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).