republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student safety: fentanyl test strips."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University, in collaboration with campus-based and community-based recovery advocacy organizations, to provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information provided by the State Department of Public Health about opioid overdose and the use and location of opioid overdose reversal medication to students at all campuses of their respective segments. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to require that each campus health center apply to use the statewide standing order issued by the State Public Health Officer to distribute dosages of a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, and apply to participate in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a campus health center, upon approval for use of the statewide standing order and participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project, to distribute a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, as specified. Existing law requests that the Regents of the University of California comply with these requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 461"
citation: "California AB 461 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student safety", "fentanyl test strips"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c495863e-aeda-4fd9-9239-52409bf12539"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461"
source_hash: "b61f2421dbc7f2b64275c94eaa16bd5158dc73b3e5e0a8e7732e4e2f104abd07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 461 (20232024) — Student safety: fentanyl test strips.

Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University, in collaboration with campus-based and community-based recovery advocacy organizations, to provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information provided by the State Department of Public Health about opioid overdose and the use and location of opioid overdose reversal medication to students at all campuses of their respective segments. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to require that each campus health center apply to use the statewide standing order issued by the State Public Health Officer to distribute dosages of a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, and apply to participate in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a campus health center, upon approval for use of the statewide standing order and participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project, to distribute a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, as specified. Existing law requests that the Regents of the University of California comply with these requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46199INT)
2. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46198AMD)
3. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46197AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46196AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46194CHP)
6. **AB461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB461&version=20230AB46195ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent AB461 Ramos et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 461 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 461 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** 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 1754.) `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 Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2765.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3546.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c495863e-aeda-4fd9-9239-52409bf12539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).