Josh Becker
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 13
Author
Existing law makes it a crime to possess, cultivate, and administer specified controlled substances, including psilocybin and psilocyn. Existing law makes it a crime for a person to rent, lease, or make available for use any building or room for the purpose of storing or distributing any controlled substance. Existing law authorizes forfeiture of property used for specified crimes involving controlled substances. This bill, the Heal Our Heroes Act, would, until January 1, 2028, establish the Psychedelic-Assisted Facilitation Pilot Program. The bill, as part of the pilot program, would authorize the public health officers of the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Diego, and the County of Santa Cruz to approve entities to establish and operate up to 5 psychedelic-assisted facilitation centers per jurisdiction to administer psilocybin or psilocyn to patients meeting specified criteria, including being a veteran or former first responder over 21 years of age who has passed a suitability screening, as defined. The bill would authorize the jurisdictions to issue up to 3 permits to cultivate, as specified. The bill would require the public health officers to consult with experts in psilocybin or psilocyn facilitation on program design, to issue facilitator permits only to licensed physicians and surgeons and to report certain data and an evaluation of the program to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2027. The bill would exempt a person from, among other things, civil liability, professional discipline, or existing criminal sanctions, solely for good faith actions, conduct, or omissions in compliance with the pilot program. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
June 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Ordered to third reading.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Santiago.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bryan.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1365.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 24.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 657.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 11.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB803 | HTML |
| 02/17/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/22/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/06/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/17/24 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 04/21/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/10/23- Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/21/24- Assembly Health |
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