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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana."
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 requires the establishment of a program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients so that they may lawfully use marijuana for medical purposes, and requires the establishment of guidelines for the lawful cultivation of marijuana grown for medical use. Existing law provides for the licensure of various professions by boards or bureaus within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, as specified. A violation of that law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 243"
citation: "California AB 243 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medical marijuana."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wood"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-05"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/877adbcd-19a8-4675-b272-2012b34aa125"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243"
source_hash: "04fa1e3a2db52cc72ccce162af0a2d16bfb594072aa6f938c25376b3cd7144c7"
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 243 (20152016) — Medical marijuana.
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 requires the establishment of a program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified patients so that they may lawfully use marijuana for medical purposes, and requires the establishment of guidelines for the lawful cultivation of marijuana grown for medical use. Existing law provides for the licensure of various professions by boards or bureaus within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, provides for the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, as specified. A violation of that law is a crime.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/05/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24399INT)
2. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24398AMD)
3. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24397AMD)
4. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24396AMD)
5. **07/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24395AMD)
6. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24394AMD)
7. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24393AMD)
8. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24392AMD)
9. **09/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24391AMD)
10. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24389CHP)
11. **AB243** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243)
12. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB243&version=20150AB24390ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 3) AB243 Wood By McGuire — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 243 WOOD Assembly Third Reading — **60–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 243 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wood — primary (person)
- Rendon — principal coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2015-03-09** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 1863.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-09-11** (Ayes 24. Noes 3. Page 2737.)
- **2015-09-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-11** (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 2743.)
- **2015-09-11** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 2744.)
- **2015-09-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2749.)
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2764.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3194.)
- **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 3207.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/877adbcd-19a8-4675-b272-2012b34aa125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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