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type: "Bill"
title: "Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "California SB 19 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fd39f6d-4b34-409f-b67e-6260360f538f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19"
source_hash: "1a727461d573df28f83c10ea45c7ec5f63592fae62fae021fee941c8cbf89a44"
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 19 (20232024) — Fentanyl Misuse and Overdose Prevention Task Force.
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1999INT)
2. **03/07/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1998AMD)
3. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1997AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1996AMD)
5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1995AMD)
6. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1993CHP)
7. **SB19** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19)
8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB19&version=20230SB1994ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 19 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Bains — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB19 Seyarto et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB19 Seyarto et al. — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Seyarto — primary (person)
- Bains — principal coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — 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.
- **2023-03-07** 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`
- **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`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1157.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1295.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3393.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2797.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, 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/2fd39f6d-4b34-409f-b67e-6260360f538f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).