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type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial hemp."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to engage in any of various transactions relating to marijuana, as defined, except as otherwise authorized by law, such as pursuant to the Medical Marijuana Program. For purposes of the provisions defining criminal conduct, marijuana is defined as not including the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, and fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 566"
citation: "California SB 566 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Industrial hemp."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655fc1e3-c75a-4d69-a51a-ec25cd976d73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566"
source_hash: "043fdaf1960c520884e8220cedb164338220722855210551a042f56a6999504a"
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 SB 566 (20132014) — Industrial hemp.
Existing law makes it a crime to engage in any of various transactions relating to marijuana, as defined, except as otherwise authorized by law, such as pursuant to the Medical Marijuana Program. For purposes of the provisions defining criminal conduct, marijuana is defined as not including the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted therefrom, and fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germination.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56699INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56698AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56697AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56696AMD)
5. **06/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56695AMD)
6. **08/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56694AMD)
7. **08/27/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56693AMD)
8. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56692AMD)
9. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56690CHP)
10. **SB566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566)
11. **09/17/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB566&version=20130SB56691ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB566 Leno Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **161** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **50** (pass) · upper
- SB 566 Leno Senate Third Reading By MANSOOR — **705** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Agriculture. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leno — primary (person)
- Mansoor — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 387.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 757.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1016.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1160.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2940.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 3138.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2371.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 398, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/655fc1e3-c75a-4d69-a51a-ec25cd976d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).