Psilocybin and Psychedelics in California: Pending Legislation
This page tracks the current legal status of psilocybin, psychedelics, and entheogens in California. Status is updated from our legislation sync, with citations to the underlying bills and policy decisions.
California continues advancing psychedelic reform with SB 1012 (Regulated Psychedelic Facilitators Act) by Sen. Scott Wiener passing the Senate Business Committee. The bill allows adults 21+ to use certain psychedelics under supervision of licensed facilitators. Previous bill SB 58 was vetoed by Governor Newsom in 2023, but momentum continues building with bipartisan support from co-sponsor Assemblymember Waldron (R).
SB 1012 (Regulated Psychedelic Facilitators Act) passed Senate Business Committee Authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), co-sponsored by Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R) Allows adults 21+ to use psychedelics under licensed facilitator supervision Previous SB 58 vetoed by Governor Newsom in October 2023 Bipartisan momentum growing with Republican co-sponsorship Would establish a regulated facilitator licensing program
Local measures: Oakland - Decriminalized (June 2019) Santa Cruz - Decriminalized (January 2020) San Francisco - Decriminalized (September 2022) Berkeley - Decriminalized (2022)
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