---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase suspension: report."
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 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 and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to administer the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 564"
citation: "California AB 564 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis", "excisetax", "rateincreasesuspension", "report"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef16d01a-bac6-4a35-b26d-76caafc8c033"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564"
source_hash: "b5721851a4e1e2a9877ca283d2c8ffc9f863ced56c77e82ef1338b26b4a017db"
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 564 (20252026) — Cannabis: excise tax: rate increase suspension: report.

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 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 and establishes the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to administer the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56499INT)
2. **05/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56498AMD)
3. **07/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56497AMD)
4. **09/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56496AMD)
5. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56495AMD)
6. **09/22/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56493CHP)
7. **AB564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564)
8. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB564&version=20250AB56494ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB564 Haney et al. By Cabaldon — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 564 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 564 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haney — primary (person)
- Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
- Ransom — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Re-referred to Coms. on B. & P. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2809.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3294.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2025-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef16d01a-bac6-4a35-b26d-76caafc8c033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).