Reggie Jones-Sawyer
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 57
Author
Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions on those substances contained in Schedule I. Existing law also defines drug paraphernalia and prohibits, among other things, the manufacture, sale, and possession, as specified, of drug paraphernalia. Existing law excludes from these prohibitions any testing equipment that is designed, marketed, used, or intended to be used to analyze a substance for the presence of fentanyl, ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyric acid, or any analog of fentanyl. This bill would additionally exclude from the definition of drug paraphernalia equipment, any equipment for testing a substance for the presence of contaminants, toxic substances, hazardous compounds, or other adulterants, as specified. The bill would exclude from the criminal liability of possessing drug paraphernalia those individuals obtaining controlled substance checking services and would state that it is lawful to use, possess, or distribute equipment intended for use or designed for use in identifying, or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance. The bill would authorize specified entities to provide controlled substance checking services and would define those services as the process of identifying or analyzing a substance to determine its chemical composition. The bill would provide a person engaged in providing or using those services immunity from detention, arrest, criminal prosecution, and civil liability, among other things. The bill would require a controlled substance service provider, as defined, to destroy personally identifiable information from service users and would prohibit them from providing that information to law enforcement, as specified.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 701, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 5.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 2).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 5. Page 5554.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 8).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2136 | HTML |
| 02/06/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/24/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/21/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/24- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 05/06/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/09/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/14/24- Senate Public Safety | |
| 06/30/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/06/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/22/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/25/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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