---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: provisional license."
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) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1459"
citation: "California SB 1459 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: provisional license."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863ffe65-76a6-4d75-abde-bc561b92e31a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459"
source_hash: "45447fbb890abebfe905d1294412179332be393ce5adb090d4ecc9a6163fb6c0"
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 1459 (20172018) — Cannabis: provisional license.

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.

## 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=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145999INT)
2. **04/09/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145998AMD)
3. **04/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145997AMD)
4. **04/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145996AMD)
5. **07/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145995AMD)
6. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145994AMD)
7. **08/27/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145993AMD)
8. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145991CHP)
9. **SB1459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459)
10. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459&version=20170SB145992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1459 Cannella Third Reading Urgency By WOOD — **73–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB1459 Cannella et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1459 Cannella et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4696.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2018-04-30** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4941.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Re-referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-08-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (August 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6145.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 6198.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-31** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 6174.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/863ffe65-76a6-4d75-abde-bc561b92e31a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).