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Bill	Medical marijuana.	(1) 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 266	California AB 266 (20152016)	bill	Medical marijuana.	enacted	Bonta	14	49	9	2015-02-10	2015-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/c396fa6f-838d-4da0-a2e4-d05b1b64e603	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB266	2e1657c8c2dbe7006160c0068109819d9025d1fdd034bc7fc35afc2f9f34efc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 266 (20152016) — Medical marijuana.

(1) 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. 02/10/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/11/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/13/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
12. 10/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. AB266 (committee substitute) — source
14. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 266 BONTA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 3) AB266 Bonta By McGuire — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 266 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 62–8 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Cooley — author (person)
• Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
• Lackey — author (person)
• Wood — author (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 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 13. Noes 0.) (April 28). 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
• 2015-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 8. Page 1923.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 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
• 2015-07-08 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-07-08 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2015-07-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-13 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
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (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 9. Page 2765.). 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 59. Noes 14. Page 3208.). 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 689, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c396fa6f-838d-4da0-a2e4-d05b1b64e603. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).