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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force."
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description: "Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. The act 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 requires a local health officer to assume that the fentanyl manufacturing process has led to some degree of chemical contamination and take action, as prescribed, if a fentanyl laboratory activity has taken place at a property."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 19"
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citation: "California SB 19 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-12-05"
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last_action: "2023-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd39f6d-4b34-409f-b67e-6260360f538f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19"
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source_hash: "1a727461d573df28f83c10ea45c7ec5f63592fae62fae021fee941c8cbf89a44"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 19 (20232024) — Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.
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Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. The act 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 requires a local health officer to assume that the fentanyl manufacturing process has led to some degree of chemical contamination and take action, as prescribed, if a fentanyl laboratory activity has taken place at a property.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1999INT)
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2. **03/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1998AMD)
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3. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1997AMD)
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4. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1996AMD)
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5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1995AMD)
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6. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1993CHP)
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7. **SB19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19)
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8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1994ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 19 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Bains — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB19 Seyarto et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent SB19 Seyarto et al. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Seyarto — primary (person)
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- Bains — principal coauthor (person)
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- Chen — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
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- Jones — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
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- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
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- Umberg — coauthor (person)
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- Wilk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
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- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Set for hearing March 14.
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- **2023-03-07** 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`
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- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 340.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3393.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2797.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fd39f6d-4b34-409f-b67e-6260360f538f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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