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Bill	Medical marijuana: regulation: research.	(1) Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) , provides for the licensure of persons engaged in specified activities relating to medical marijuana and establishes other regulatory provisions. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authority's activities and post the report on the authority's Internet Web site.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2679	California AB 2679 (20152016)	bill	Medical marijuana: regulation: research.	enacted	Cooley	6	31	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cafaa0d2-98f2-4a7f-8966-df2d6553740f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2679	1c180e2a6b897fbce9bf84678788cbf33bd1aa204db04bd6cf48aaef2884d110	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2679 (20152016) — Medical marijuana: regulation: research.

(1) Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act (MMRSA) , provides for the licensure of persons engaged in specified activities relating to medical marijuana and establishes other regulatory provisions. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authority's activities and post the report on the authority's Internet Web site.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2679 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2679 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2679 Cooley By McGuire — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2679 COOLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–5 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-03-18 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
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4687.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-22 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-08-22 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2016-08-25 From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . committee-passage
• 2016-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 5487.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6474.)
• 2016-08-31 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 31). committee-passage
• 2016-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
• 2016-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 6556.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 828, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cafaa0d2-98f2-4a7f-8966-df2d6553740f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).