Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes the consumption of nonmedical marijuana, also known as adult-use cannabis, by persons over 21 years of age and establishes a system for the licensure and regulation of certain commercial nonmedical marijuana activities. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, expands and modifies this system to also include the licensure and regulation of certain commercial medicinal cannabis activities.
California AB 1159 (20172018) — Cannabis: legal services.
Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure enacted by the approval of Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes the consumption of nonmedical marijuana, also known as adult-use cannabis, by persons over 21 years of age and establishes a system for the licensure and regulation of certain commercial nonmedical marijuana activities. Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, expands and modifies this system to also include the licensure and regulation of certain commercial medicinal cannabis activities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1530.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-07-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2336.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 2929.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef439d9f-5fb0-430c-a10b-6d67186210b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).