SB 432 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Serious felonies: furnishing fentanyl to a minor.

Summary

Existing law, as added by the Victims' Bill of Rights, approved as Proposition 8 at the June 8, 1982, statewide primary election, and as amended by the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act of 1998, approved as Proposition 21 at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election, among other things, defines a serious felony. 2 3 vote, or by a statute that becomes effective only when approved by the voters."?> Existing law prohibits plea bargaining in a case in which a serious felony is charged and imposes a 5-year enhancement for conviction of a serious felony if the person has previously been convicted of a serious felony. This bill would include knowingly furnishing fentanyl to a minor within the definition of a serious felony. By expanding the scope of an enhancement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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02/18/25 - Introduced → 04/02/25 - Amended Senate · 4 edits · Apr 2, 2025

MODERATE

The Senate amendment to SB 432 makes two key substantive changes: it simplifies the effective date for three-strikes law references from a complex multi-date structure to a single cutoff of January 1, 2026, and it adds a new serious felony category specifically for knowingly furnishing fentanyl to a minor with an explicit knowledge requirement. The amendment also clarifies in the legislative digest that the bill targets 'knowingly' furnishing fentanyl and provides additional context about existing plea bargaining prohibitions and prior-conviction enhancements.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed slightly on the three-strikes date question (removing the November 2012 start date) while expanding on the fentanyl-to-minor provision by adding a separate, knowledge-based serious felony category that is more targeted than the existing broad drug-to-minor provision.

TIMELINE

Sections 667.1(a) and 1170.125(a) changed the effective date for three-strikes law statutory references from 'on or after November 7, 2012, but before January 1, 2024' to simply 'on or after January 1, 2026,' removing the earlier start date and simplifying the temporal scope.

SCOPE

A new item (43) was added to the serious felony list in Section 1192.7(c): selling, furnishing, administering, giving, or offering to do so to a minor any fentanyl as described in subdivision (c) of Section 11055 of the Health and Safety Code, when the person knew that the substance was fentanyl. This is distinct from the existing item (24) which covers a broader range of drugs without a specific knowledge element for fentanyl.

DEFINITION

The legislative counsel's digest was updated to specify 'knowingly furnishing fentanyl to a minor' rather than just 'furnishing fentanyl to a minor,' and added explanatory language about existing law prohibiting plea bargaining in serious felony cases and imposing a 5-year enhancement for prior serious felony convictions.

TECHNICAL

The vote requirement was clarified from 'Vote: 2/3' to 'Vote: 2/3 majority.' Section numbering was reorganized, with the 1192.7 amendment restructured as a separately numbered section within the bill.

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Amendments

May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

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Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 611.) (April 1).

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Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor