Another California Assembly committee has unanimously approved a Republican-led bill to create a state workgroup that would be tasked with exploring a regulatory framework to provide therapeutic access to psychedelics like psilocybin and ibogaine.

The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed the legislation from Assemblymember Marie Waldron (R) in a 11-0 vote on Thursday. It’s now expected to go to the floor before potentially moving to the Senate.

If the legislature were to enact a regulatory framework as recommended by the workgroup, which would be situated under the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), the bill would also allow health practitioners to lawfully administer psychedelics in a therapeutic setting.

The version of the legislation that is moving forward has been amended from what Waldron initially introduced last year, which focused exclusively on psychedelics-assisted therapy for military veterans. But the revision comes as the sponsor works with Sen. Scott Wiener (D) on separate legislation to establish a broader therapeutic access model for psychedelics in California.

“These therapies have the potential to save countless lives,” Waldron said earlier this month before the bill cleared the Health Committee.

However, the sponsor emphasized that this is a “true study bill” and that “no one will

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