---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license."
description: "The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (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. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where it engages in commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel and authorizes any person aggrieved by specified decisions of a licensing authority related to disciplining any license to appeal the licensing authority's written decision to the panel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2020"
citation: "California AB 2020 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-05"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d83bfa52-90d6-495c-930c-0c5541ee8b79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020"
source_hash: "c4099f6cddb90750e84dd230479d9e894e9af3d275d5f0731847505d81108da7"
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 2020 (20172018) — Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license.

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (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. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where it engages in commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel and authorizes any person aggrieved by specified decisions of a licensing authority related to disciplining any license to appeal the licensing authority's written decision to the panel.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202099INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202098AMD)
3. **04/10/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202097AMD)
4. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202096AMD)
5. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202095AMD)
6. **08/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202094AMD)
7. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202092CHP)
8. **AB2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020)
9. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020&version=20170AB202093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2020 Quirk et al. By Skinner — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 2020 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — **60–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2020 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** 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`
- **2018-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5412.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5769.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 6849.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d83bfa52-90d6-495c-930c-0c5541ee8b79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).