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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana: cultivation licenses."
description: "Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law, enacted by the Legislature, provides for the licensing and regulation by both state and local entities of medical marijuana and its cultivation. Existing law provides that if a city, county, or city and county does not have land use regulations or ordinances regulating or prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana, commencing March 1, 2016, the Department of Food and Agriculture is the sole licensing authority for medical marijuana cultivation applicants in that city, county, or city and county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 21"
citation: "California AB 21 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical marijuana: cultivation licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2016-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0cc3969-ffef-4175-b0e4-078a46ed7206"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21"
source_hash: "a702357af38af1e12afbb17d484212d2c6c4e475afb6095703346d5aa2df2c5a"
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 21 (20152016) — Medical marijuana: cultivation licenses.
Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Existing law, enacted by the Legislature, provides for the licensing and regulation by both state and local entities of medical marijuana and its cultivation. Existing law provides that if a city, county, or city and county does not have land use regulations or ordinances regulating or prohibiting the cultivation of marijuana, commencing March 1, 2016, the Department of Food and Agriculture is the sole licensing authority for medical marijuana cultivation applicants in that city, county, or city and county.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2199INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2197AMD)
3. **01/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2196AMD)
4. **01/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2195AMD)
5. **02/03/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2193CHP)
6. **05/05/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2198AMD)
7. **AB21** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21)
8. **01/28/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB21&version=20150AB2194ENR)
## Votes
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB21 Wood By McGuire Urgency Clause — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 21 WOOD Concurrence - Urgency Added — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 21 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wood — primary (person)
- Bonta — author (person)
- Cooley — author (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
- Lackey — author (person)
- McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1484.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mitchell.
- **2016-01-04** From inactive file.
- **2016-01-04** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-01-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-07** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-07** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-01-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-01-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2944.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after January 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-01-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3497.)
- **2016-01-27** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 27). `committee-passage`
- **2016-01-28** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3522.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-01-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2016-02-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-02-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0cc3969-ffef-4175-b0e4-078a46ed7206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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