California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1306: Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 11112 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. controlled substances Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add Section 11112 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. controlled substances Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone. Existing law requires any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person in this state who sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes any of a list of specified chemical substances, including gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), to take specified actions, including to apply to and obtain a permit from the Department of Justice in order to sell, transfer, or otherwise furnish the substances specified above and to submit specified reports to the department, including if the entity obtains any of the substances specified above from a source outside of this state or if a permittee described above discovers the theft or loss of any of the substances specified above. Existing law makes failure to submit a report described above, and selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing or obtaining any of the specified substances without a permit, a misdemeanor or a felony. This bill would exempt specified chemical mixtures that contain GBL that are obtained or received from a source within or outside this state or are obtained, received, sold, transferred, exported, or otherwise furnished to any person or entity in this state or any other state from the requirements described above. Existing law requires any manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person that sells to any person …
Sponsors
- Dave Cortese (D, SD15) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 694, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 5. Page 6210.) Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 24).
- : From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- : Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Votes
- SB 1306 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Schultz (August 17, 2026): 45 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do pass. (June 24, 2026): 13 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 9, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate 3rd Reading SB1306 Cortese (May 19, 2026): 32 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (April 14, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1306?
- SB1306 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone.
- What does SB1306 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Section 11112 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. controlled substances Controlled substances: gamma-butyrolactone…
- What is the status of SB1306?
- Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 694, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1306?
- Dave Cortese (D, SD15).
- Where is the official record for SB1306?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1306
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