Existing law establishes the Medical Marijuana Program to exempt certain qualified patients who hold an identification card issued pursuant to the program, and the caregivers of those persons from certain state criminal sanctions related to the possession, cultivation, transportation, processing, or use of limited amounts of marijuana, as specified. The program prohibits certain entities, including a medical marijuana cooperative or collective, from being located within a 600-foot radius of a school. Existing law also specifically provides that these provisions governing the program do not prevent a city or other local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with the program.
California AB 1300 (20112012) — Medical marijuana.
Existing law establishes the Medical Marijuana Program to exempt certain qualified patients who hold an identification card issued pursuant to the program, and the caregivers of those persons from certain state criminal sanctions related to the possession, cultivation, transportation, processing, or use of limited amounts of marijuana, as specified. The program prohibits certain entities, including a medical marijuana cooperative or collective, from being located within a 600-foot radius of a school. Existing law also specifically provides that these provisions governing the program do not prevent a city or other local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with the program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1300 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — 71–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Blumenfield — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-31 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1690.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 1854.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1915.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-15 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
2011-08-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-08-31 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 196, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2eddc4c7-5bfd-4346-baea-0c170f95a139. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).