A bill that would remove penalties for the possession, personal use and social sharing of certain natural and synthetic psychedelics in California passed the state Senate Health Committee. The bill will now be reviewed by the Senate Appropriations Committee, after which it would move to a Senate floor vote if approved. SB 519 would decriminalize psilocybin, psilocyn, DMT, ibogaine, mescaline, LSD, ketamine and MDMA while expunging the criminal records of those convicted with low-level psychedelics charges. The legislation also “sets up a working group to evaluate whether to fully legalize and regulate psychedelics in the future, and the working group will make a recommendation to the legislature,” he said.