Probation: eligibility: crimes relating to controlled substances.
Existing law prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing or agreeing to sell or transport opiates or opium derivatives, possessing or transporting cannabis, planting or cultivating peyote, and various crimes relating to forging or altering prescriptions, among other crimes, if the person has previously been convicted of any one of specified felony offenses relating to controlled substances. Existing law also prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing for sale or selling 14.25 grams or more of a substance containing heroin and possessing for sale 14.25 grams or more of any salt or solution of phencyclidine or its analogs, among other crimes.
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20212022
SB 73
California SB 73 (20212022)
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Probation: eligibility: crimes relating to controlled substances.
California SB 73 (20212022) — Probation: eligibility: crimes relating to controlled substances.
Existing law prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing or agreeing to sell or transport opiates or opium derivatives, possessing or transporting cannabis, planting or cultivating peyote, and various crimes relating to forging or altering prescriptions, among other crimes, if the person has previously been convicted of any one of specified felony offenses relating to controlled substances. Existing law also prohibits granting probation or suspending a sentence for persons convicted of specified crimes relating to controlled substances, including possessing for sale or selling 14.25 grams or more of a substance containing heroin and possessing for sale 14.25 grams or more of any salt or solution of phencyclidine or its analogs, among other crimes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading SB73 Wiener et al. — 25–10 (pass) · upper
SB 73 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Carrillo — 42–26 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB73 Wiener et al. Concurrence — 23–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wiener — primary (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Kamlager — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-10 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2020-12-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 10.
2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-02-17 Set for hearing March 9.
2021-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 423.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-12 Set for hearing March 22.
2021-03-22 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 748.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-12 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-16 Coauthors revised.
2021-06-30 June 30 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 42. Noes 26. Page 3062.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2621.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 537, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8defa1c1-63e6-424b-8124-d09e5b43124f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).