--- type: "Bill" title: "Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: OSHA training." 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. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions with a 23 vote of both houses to further its purposes and intent." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2799" citation: "California AB 2799 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: OSHA training."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"] version_count: 8 action_count: 26 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f50a3a4-4664-416d-82ba-583dcc5f2b1f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799" source_hash: "f17a1463be6054c295486df6356a15b39e736507e2ad50d5ba8deebb6ba17f9a" 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 2799 (20172018) — Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: OSHA training. 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. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend its provisions with a 23 vote of both houses to further its purposes and intent. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279999INT) 2. **06/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279998AMD) 3. **07/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279997AMD) 4. **08/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279996AMD) 5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279995AMD) 6. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279993CHP) 7. **AB2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799) 8. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2799&version=20170AB279994ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2799 Jones-Sawyer By Wilk — **33–6** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2799 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–19** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **12–3** (pass) · lower - AB 2799 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **55–21** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jones-Sawyer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5159.) `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` - **2018-06-04** 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` - **2018-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **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` - **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 6139.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 19.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 971, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f50a3a4-4664-416d-82ba-583dcc5f2b1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).