California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

AB 186 — Controlled substances: overdose prevention program.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law makes it a crime to possess specified controlled substances or paraphernalia. Existing law makes it a crime to use or be under the influence of specified controlled substances. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to visit or be in any room where specified controlled substances are being unlawfully used with knowledge that the activity is occurring, or to open or maintain a place for the purpose of giving away or using specified controlled substances. 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 would, until January 1, 2022, authorize the City and County of San Francisco to approve entities to operate overdose prevention programs for adults that satisfies specified requirements, including, among other things, a hygienic space supervised by health care professionals, as defined, where people who use drugs can consume preobtained drugs, sterile consumption supplies, and access to referrals to substance use disorder treatment. The bill would require any entity operating a program under its provisions to provide an annual report to the city and county, as specified. The bill would exempt a person from existing criminal sanctions solely for actions or conduct on the site of a safer drug consumption services program for adults authorized by the city and county. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 30. Page 6668.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 16. Page 5544.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  8. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From inactive file.

  10. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator De León.

  11. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2796.)

  12. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 19. Noes 17. Page 2796.).

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  18. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.

  19. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 2074.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (April 25).

  23. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (March 21).

  27. Coauthors revised.

  28. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and PUB. S.

  29. From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.

  30. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Eggman · Primary
  • Friedman · Cosponsor
  • Lara · Cosponsor
  • Scott D. Wiener · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 18 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Eggman

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 186 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 42 Yea · 30 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 332104
Democratic 9304
Republican 0600
Total 423008
% of votes cast 53%38%0%10%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Burke — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Not Voting
McCarty — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Nay
Melendez — Nay
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB186 Eggman et al. By Wiener

Passed 21 Yea · 16 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 181502
Democratic 3101
Total 211603
% of votes cast 53%40%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Nay
Glazer — Nay
Chang — Nay
Portantino — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Delgado — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading AB186 Eggman et al. By Wiener

Failed 19 Yea · 17 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 161603
Democratic 3101
Total 191704
% of votes cast 48%43%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Glazer — Nay
Portantino — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Bates — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Mendoza — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Newman — Nay
Roth — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Not Voting
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading AB186 Eggman et al. By Wiener Reconsider

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Newman — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 186 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 41 Yea · 33 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 332303
Democratic 8502
Republican 0501
Total 413306
% of votes cast 51%41%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Chau — Not Voting
Chávez — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Burke — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Fong — Nay
Salas — Nay
Harper — Nay
Gray — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chu — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Nay
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Nay
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 4 Yea · 3 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 4100
Total 4300
% of votes cast 57%43%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

Passed 9 Yea · 4 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2100
Unaffiliated 7102
Republican 0200
Total 9402
% of votes cast 60%27%0%13%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Burke — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 186 do?
Existing law makes it a crime to possess specified controlled substances or paraphernalia. Existing law makes it a crime to use or be under the influence of specified controlled substances. Existing law additionally makes it a crime to visit or be in any room where specified controlled substances are being unlawfully used with knowledge that the activity is occurring, or to open or maintain a place for the purpose of giving away or using specified controlled substances. 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 would, until January 1, 2022, authorize the City and County of San Francisco to approve entities to operate overdose prevention programs for adults that satisfies specified requirements, including, among other things, a hygienic space supervised by health care professionals, as defined, where people who use drugs can consume preobtained drugs, sterile consumption supplies, and access to referrals to substance use disorder treatment. The bill would require any entity operating a program under its provisions to provide an annual report to the city and county, as specified. The bill would exempt a person from existing criminal sanctions solely for actions or conduct on the site of a safer drug consumption services program for adults authorized by the city and county. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.
Who sponsors AB 186?
AB 186 is sponsored by Eggman, Friedman, Lara, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 186?
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 186?
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