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Bill	Controlled substances: treatment.	Existing law, as added by the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, adopted by voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, requires that persons convicted of certain nonviolent drug possession offenses be granted probation and participate in and complete an appropriate drug treatment program as a condition of that probation. After completion of drug treatment and the terms of probation, the act requires the court to conduct a hearing, set aside the conviction, and dismiss the complaint if the court finds, among other requirements, that the defendant successfully completed drug treatment. For purposes of the act, a defendant has successfully completed treatment if they have completed the prescribed course of drug treatment and, as a result, there is reasonable cause to believe that they will not abuse controlled substances in the future. The act allows its amendment by a statute passed by 2/3 of both houses of the Legislature and requires that all amendments further the act and be consistent with its purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 46	California SB 46 (20232024)	bill	Controlled substances treatment	enacted	Roth	9	29	8	2022-12-05	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/dc719e7e-f521-479b-93b7-d3689e58ca12	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB46	fea9d5a570cd0c5e4bb48a0a114ef59c93a53afaf0d72f0e1e2455b3bf36803d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 46 (20232024) — Controlled substances: treatment.

Existing law, as added by the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, adopted by voters as Proposition 36 at the November 7, 2000, statewide general election, requires that persons convicted of certain nonviolent drug possession offenses be granted probation and participate in and complete an appropriate drug treatment program as a condition of that probation. After completion of drug treatment and the terms of probation, the act requires the court to conduct a hearing, set aside the conviction, and dismiss the complaint if the court finds, among other requirements, that the defendant successfully completed drug treatment. For purposes of the act, a defendant has successfully completed treatment if they have completed the prescribed course of drug treatment and, as a result, there is reasonable cause to believe that they will not abuse controlled substances in the future. The act allows its amendment by a statute passed by 2/3 of both houses of the Legislature and requires that all amendments further the act and be consistent with its purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/21/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB46 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB46 Roth et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 46 Roth Senate Third Reading By Cervantes — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB46 Roth et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Set for hearing March 14.
• 2023-03-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 340.) (March 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2023-04-17 April 17 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 1158.) (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 40. Noes 0. Page 1357.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-29 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
• 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3147.) 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 38. Noes 0. Page 2669.) 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 481, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc719e7e-f521-479b-93b7-d3689e58ca12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).