republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-106.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: licenses: criminal records."
description: "(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 106"
citation: "California AB 106 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: licenses: criminal records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3287029-0c5a-4bc5-9422-74be16d1dd78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106"
source_hash: "60d9bb2e884ace31ea8b4e536f21f0fb4d72d1d67b7c5ec8b60139a4c4ada54c"
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 106 (20172018) — Cannabis: licenses: criminal records.

(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106&version=20170AB10699INT)
2. **02/26/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106&version=20170AB10697AMD)
3. **03/13/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106&version=20170AB10695CHP)
4. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106&version=20170AB10698AMD)
5. **AB106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106)
6. **03/08/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB106&version=20170AB10696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 106 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **69–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB106 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **13–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 1511.)
- **2017-05-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 25. Page 1596.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Mitchell.
- **2018-02-15** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 3433.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-03-08** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2018-03-08** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 4192.)
- **2018-03-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 4195.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-03-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3287029-0c5a-4bc5-9422-74be16d1dd78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).