--- type: "Bill" title: "Cannabis: private right of action." description: "Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed. Existing law, 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 and, except as specified, prohibits a person or entity from engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a state license issued by the Department of Cannabis Control pursuant to MAUCRSA. Existing law provides that a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license is subject to civil penalties, as specified, and authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor to bring an action, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 1171" citation: "California AB 1171 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Cannabis", "private right of action"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2023-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06eb3e14-fe06-4b9b-93c9-6dbd0aa994b4" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171" source_hash: "1363fa879230d76a915a381f0597482810040a90214326858b3657f68e832ca8" 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 1171 (20232024) — Cannabis: private right of action. Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA and any applicable local ordinances to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license, if conducted as prescribed. Existing law, 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 and, except as specified, prohibits a person or entity from engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a state license issued by the Department of Cannabis Control pursuant to MAUCRSA. Existing law provides that a person engaging in commercial cannabis activity without a license is subject to civil penalties, as specified, and authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a city prosecutor to bring an action, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117199INT) 2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117198AMD) 3. **05/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117197AMD) 4. **07/05/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117196AMD) 5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117194CHP) 6. **AB1171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171) 7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1171&version=20230AB117195ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1171 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1171 Blanca Rubio et al. By Becker — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1171 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–5** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Blanca Rubio — primary (person) - Haney — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2023-03-23** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-23** 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-1, reading-2` - **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2023-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2023-05-24** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D., JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2023-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2578.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.) - **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 5. Page 3309.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06eb3e14-fe06-4b9b-93c9-6dbd0aa994b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).