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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cannabis."
+description: "(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and renamed the Bureau of Marijuana Control the Bureau of Cannabis Control."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 3261"
+citation: "California AB 3261 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cannabis."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-04-02"
+last_action: "2018-09-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b13bb87-4109-424b-aeac-e69aea8a0736"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261"
+source_hash: "5f5cf30cdba1bd61706e242c5d60a620cfd677f696e43cdd24908be560a950d2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 3261 (20172018) — Cannabis.
+
+(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, and renamed the Bureau of Marijuana Control the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **04/02/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326199INT)
+2. **05/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326198AMD)
+3. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326197AMD)
+4. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326196AMD)
+5. **09/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326194CHP)
+6. **AB3261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261)
+7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261&version=20170AB326195ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar AB3261 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB3261 Low By Hill — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 3261 B. & P. Consent Calendar Second Day By LOW — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 3261 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Low — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-03** From printer. May be heard in committee May 3.
+- **2018-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5168.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5041.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2018-07-05** Ordered to the Senate.
+- **2018-07-05** In Senate. Held at Desk.
+- **2018-08-24** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
+- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5904.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
+- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6911.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b13bb87-4109-424b-aeac-e69aea8a0736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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