---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis beverages."
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, including retail commercial cannabis activity. Existing law authorizes cannabis beverages to be packaged in glass containers that are clear or any color."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2155"
citation: "California AB 2155 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis beverages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villapudua"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98341eb8-239b-4172-b157-9819ff45dddb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155"
source_hash: "8d2ed23814f6fd5e8b29520b5c3f579d076a695f966c3db4e47995b59f752d9e"
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 2155 (20212022) — Cannabis beverages.

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, including retail commercial cannabis activity. Existing law authorizes cannabis beverages to be packaged in glass containers that are clear or any color.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155&version=20210AB215599INT)
2. **03/10/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155&version=20210AB215598AMD)
3. **06/21/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155&version=20210AB215596CHP)
4. **AB2155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155)
5. **06/16/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2155&version=20210AB215597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2155 Villapudua Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villapudua — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4138.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4170.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-06-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 33, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98341eb8-239b-4172-b157-9819ff45dddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).