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Bill Controlled substances: fentanyl. Existing law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law 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. Existing law also imposes an additional term, and authorizes a trial court to impose a specified fine, upon a person who is convicted of a violation of, or of a conspiracy to violate, specified provisions of law with respect to a substance containing heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, if the substance exceeds a specified weight. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 701 California AB 701 (20232024)
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California AB 701 (20232024) — Controlled substances: fentanyl.

Existing law classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law 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. Existing law also imposes an additional term, and authorizes a trial court to impose a specified fine, upon a person who is convicted of a violation of, or of a conspiracy to violate, specified provisions of law with respect to a substance containing heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, if the substance exceeds a specified weight.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. AB701 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 40 (fail) · lower
  • Do pass. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • AB 701 Villapudua Assembly Third Reading — 720 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB701 Villapudua et al. By Dodd — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper
  • AB 701 Villapudua Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Villapudua — primary (person)
  • Addis — coauthor (person)
  • Allen — coauthor (person)
  • Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
  • Alvarez — coauthor (person)
  • Arambula — coauthor (person)
  • Archuleta — coauthor (person)
  • Ashby — coauthor (person)
  • Atkins — coauthor (person)
  • Bains — coauthor (person)
  • Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
  • Caballero — coauthor (person)
  • Cervantes — coauthor (person)
  • Connolly — coauthor (person)
  • Dodd — coauthor (person)
  • Grayson — coauthor (person)
  • Grove — coauthor (person)
  • Hurtado — coauthor (person)
  • Irwin — coauthor (person)
  • Jones — coauthor (person)
  • Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
  • Laird — coauthor (person)
  • Maienschein — coauthor (person)
  • McCarty — coauthor (person)
  • McGuire — coauthor (person)
  • Menjivar — coauthor (person)
  • Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
  • Newman — coauthor (person)
  • Nguyen — principal coauthor (person)
  • Niello — coauthor (person)
  • Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
  • Ortega — coauthor (person)
  • Padilla — coauthor (person)
  • Pellerin — coauthor (person)
  • Petrie-Norris — author (person)
  • Portantino — coauthor (person)
  • Roth — coauthor (person)
  • Rubio — coauthor (person)
  • Seyarto — coauthor (person)
  • Soria — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — coauthor (person)
  • Wahab — coauthor (person)
  • Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
  • Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  • 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
  • 2023-04-27 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1348.)
  • 2023-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2023-05-18 Coauthors revised.
  • 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. 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 72. Noes 0. Page 1755.) 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
  • 2023-06-20 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. (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
  • 2023-09-08 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. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2617.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  • 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3362.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 540, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bdbc7a08-e1bc-44ef-9ac2-f11bd836e063. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).