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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cannabis and cannabis products: health warnings."
+description: "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) consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, including retail commercial cannabis activity, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cannabis Control."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "SB 540"
+citation: "California SB 540 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cannabis and cannabis products", "health warnings"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2023-02-14"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/298d6b1b-f143-4f8a-b576-8fab3bce0b0c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540"
+source_hash: "d837e93ba3feefc98a5db034e35429623ab1e411b5fab9f4f173b2b19703add9"
+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 SB 540 (20232024) — Cannabis and cannabis products: health warnings.
+
+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) consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, including retail commercial cannabis activity, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Cannabis Control.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540&version=20230SB54099INT)
+2. **06/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540&version=20230SB54098AMD)
+3. **06/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540&version=20230SB54097AMD)
+4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540&version=20230SB54095CHP)
+5. **SB540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540)
+6. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB540&version=20230SB54096ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB540 Laird Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 540 Laird Senate Third Reading By Berman — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Laird — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
+- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-06** Set for hearing April 10.
+- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 636.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
+- **2023-04-24** April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
+- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1174.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1301.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2960.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2470.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 491, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/298d6b1b-f143-4f8a-b576-8fab3bce0b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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