Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes by individuals 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 21 years of age or older may, among other things, possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain, or give away, as specified, up to 28.5 grams of cannabis and up to 8 grams of concentrated cannabis. Existing law authorizes a person to petition for the recall or dismissal of a sentence, dismissal and sealing of a conviction, or redesignation of a conviction of an offense for which a lesser offense or no offense would be imposed under AUMA.
California AB 1793 (20172018) — Cannabis convictions: resentencing.
Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, and use of cannabis for nonmedical purposes by individuals 21 years of age and older. Under AUMA, a person 21 years of age or older may, among other things, possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain, or give away, as specified, up to 28.5 grams of cannabis and up to 8 grams of concentrated cannabis. Existing law authorizes a person to petition for the recall or dismissal of a sentence, dismissal and sealing of a conviction, or redesignation of a conviction of an offense for which a lesser offense or no offense would be imposed under AUMA.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
AB 1793 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — 43–28 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB1793 Bonta et al. By Wiener — 28–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bonta — primary (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Quirk — coauthor (person)
Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 5631.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5589.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 993, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ed64783-7d6f-4ff7-9921-67900ed729db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).