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type: "Bill"
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title: "Organ transplants: medical marijuana: qualified patients."
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description: "Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 6, 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 258"
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citation: "California AB 258 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Organ transplants: medical marijuana: qualified patients."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c38b3d6-a945-4f4f-b750-95799cbefe30"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258"
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source_hash: "c87db1177a6f24f678e6d5a5482edd70c2deef330834c5999fd43ec4d3ba0e2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 258 (20152016) — Organ transplants: medical marijuana: qualified patients.
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Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 215 at the November 6, 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258&version=20150AB25899INT)
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2. **03/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258&version=20150AB25898AMD)
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3. **07/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258&version=20150AB25896CHP)
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4. **AB258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258)
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5. **06/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB258&version=20150AB25897ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB258 Levine By Leno — **33–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 258 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **64–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Levine — primary (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
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- **2015-02-17** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 1214.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 1545.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2015-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 51, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c38b3d6-a945-4f4f-b750-95799cbefe30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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