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type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, regulates and licenses the cultivation, dispensing, distribution, manufacturing, testing, and transportation of medical cannabis through various state agencies, including, among others, the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health, and authorizes the bureau to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of that act, as specified. That act requires a person to obtain both a local and state license to engage in commercial cannabis activities, except that the act authorizes, until January 1, 2018, a facility or entity that is operating in compliance with local laws to continue in operation until its application for licensure is approved or denied. That act requires the State Department of Public Health to regulate cannabis testing laboratories, as specified. That act authorizes the bureau to establish appellations of origin for marijuana grown in the state. That act establishes the Medical Marijuana Regulation Safety Act Fund and provides that moneys in the fund shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 837"
citation: "California SB 837 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80d9bdcf-9565-46af-a47f-25a7815a7cd7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837"
source_hash: "cf358fdaa86a965f31dac15977359bf6cab5dfb18fae6929c0d45ddc8950e494"
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 SB 837 (20152016) — State government.
(1) Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, regulates and licenses the cultivation, dispensing, distribution, manufacturing, testing, and transportation of medical cannabis through various state agencies, including, among others, the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health, and authorizes the bureau to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of that act, as specified. That act requires a person to obtain both a local and state license to engage in commercial cannabis activities, except that the act authorizes, until January 1, 2018, a facility or entity that is operating in compliance with local laws to continue in operation until its application for licensure is approved or denied. That act requires the State Department of Public Health to regulate cannabis testing laboratories, as specified. That act authorizes the bureau to establish appellations of origin for marijuana grown in the state. That act establishes the Medical Marijuana Regulation Safety Act Fund and provides that moneys in the fund shall be available upon appropriation by the Legislature.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837&version=20150SB83799INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837&version=20150SB83798AMD)
3. **06/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837&version=20150SB83797AMD)
4. **06/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837&version=20150SB83795CHP)
5. **SB837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837)
6. **06/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB837&version=20150SB83796ENR)
## Votes
- SB 837 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **49–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB837 Committee On B. & F.R. — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business Sup 1 SB837 Committee On B. & F.R.(Leno) Concurrence — **27–12** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-01-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
- **2016-01-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-11** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-11** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3540.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 5358.)
- **2016-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 5388.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 4381.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2016-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 32, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80d9bdcf-9565-46af-a47f-25a7815a7cd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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