---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: donations."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "California SB 34 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: donations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88504095-5d0f-43f3-bb12-be926e140ab3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34"
source_hash: "6d5c3b3865b81f801d6fc7172020967b272ec4994c17fa6a3eeac301a30b9e3a"
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 34 (20192020) — Cannabis: donations.

(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.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3499INT)
2. **03/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3498AMD)
3. **03/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3497AMD)
4. **04/04/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3496AMD)
5. **07/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3495AMD)
6. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3494AMD)
7. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3493AMD)
8. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3491CHP)
9. **SB34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34)
10. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB34&version=20190SB3492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB34 Wiener et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB34 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 34 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Wood — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Stone — coauthor (person)
- Wood — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-12-03** (Corrected December 7).
- **2018-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2019-03-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 384.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 511.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1087.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1167.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** July 1 hearing: Heard for testimony only.
- **2019-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3326.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2845.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 837, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88504095-5d0f-43f3-bb12-be926e140ab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).