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Bill	Medical marijuana.	Existing law added by initiative, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, prohibits any physician from being punished, or denied any right or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical purposes. The act prohibits the provisions of law making unlawful the possession or cultivation of marijuana from applying to a qualified patient, the qualified patient's primary caregiver, or an individual who provides assistance to the qualified patient or the qualified patient's primary caregiver, who possesses, cultivates, or distributes marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the qualified patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing statutory law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish and maintain a voluntary program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients and establishes procedures under which a qualified patient with an identification card may use marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law regulates qualified patients, a qualified patient's primary caregiver, and individuals who provide assistance to the qualified patient or the qualified patient's primary caregiver, as specified. A violation of these provisions is generally a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2650	California AB 2650 (20092010)	bill	Medical marijuana.	enacted	Buchanan	9	32	7	2010-02-19	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/771914a3-234d-4e51-b99b-08f6cb0578ba	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2650	107fb86cdc9f358a0d9af55e71c30cf2db0a641b315ab1710232d0663d58bcf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2650 (20092010) — Medical marijuana.

Existing law added by initiative, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, prohibits any physician from being punished, or denied any right or privilege, for having recommended marijuana to a patient for medical purposes. The act prohibits the provisions of law making unlawful the possession or cultivation of marijuana from applying to a qualified patient, the qualified patient's primary caregiver, or an individual who provides assistance to the qualified patient or the qualified patient's primary caregiver, who possesses, cultivates, or distributes marijuana for the personal medical purposes of the qualified patient upon the written or oral recommendation or approval of a physician. Existing statutory law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish and maintain a voluntary program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients and establishes procedures under which a qualified patient with an identification card may use marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law regulates qualified patients, a qualified patient's primary caregiver, and individuals who provide assistance to the qualified patient or the qualified patient's primary caregiver, as specified. A violation of these provisions is generally a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/10/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2650 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/19/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Local Government. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2650 BUCHANAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2650 Buchanan By DeSaulnier — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2650 BUCHANAN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Buchanan — primary (person)
• Carter — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Torres — coauthor (person)
• Torrico — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2010-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2010-04-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2010-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-04-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-04-22 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4777.)
• 2010-04-22 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2010-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-05-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-06-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 5561.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-10 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2010-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-06-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-08-03 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2010-08-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 4458.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 6. Page 6225.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 603, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/771914a3-234d-4e51-b99b-08f6cb0578ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).