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type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks."
description: "Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law exempts from civil liability a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "California SB 234 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Opioid antagonists", "stadiums", "concert venues", "and amusement parks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-24"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a56d3a-9315-4236-9864-f2c9411778f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234"
source_hash: "cdc3c0b23793684fe399c8832428fd6fb3e7ab9d6c1573b6140352ed159e435e"
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 SB 234 (20232024) — Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law exempts from civil liability a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, as provided.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/24/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23499INT)
2. **03/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23498AMD)
3. **04/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23497AMD)
4. **04/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23496AMD)
5. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23495AMD)
6. **07/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23494AMD)
7. **07/13/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23493AMD)
8. **09/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23492AMD)
9. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23490CHP)
10. **SB234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234)
11. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB234&version=20230SB23491ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading SB234 Portantino et al. — **382** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **150** (pass) · lower
- SB 234 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **91** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB234 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Portantino — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — author (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — principal coauthor (person)
- Papan — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — author (person)
- Weber — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2023-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 450.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 710.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1161.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 1358.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** 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`
- **2023-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3149.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2671.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 596, 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/35a56d3a-9315-4236-9864-f2c9411778f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).