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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

97

Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis

January 21, 2026

An act to add Section 11451 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, authorizes the forfeiture and seizure of property involved in, or purchased with the proceeds from, a controlled substance offense. Existing law authorizes a police or sheriff’s department, the Department of Justice, or the Department of the California Highway Patrol to, with an order from the court, destroy controlled substances, instruments, or paraphernalia, as specified.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 11451 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

11451.

(a)The Department of Justice may, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, contract with a third party to dispose of all controlled substances received from a local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency, pursuant to subdivision (b). As used in this section, “controlled substances” has the same meaning as defined in the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11000). shall, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, and in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances Control and other relevant state and local agencies, develop and publish guidance, on the Department of Justice’s internet website, for proper management and disposal of controlled substances in the possession of a local police department, sheriff’s office, or state law enforcement agency.