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Bill	Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license.	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. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where it engages in commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel and authorizes any person aggrieved by specified decisions of a licensing authority related to disciplining any license to appeal the licensing authority's written decision to the panel.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2020	California AB 2020 (20172018)	bill	Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license.	enacted	Quirk	9	27	6	2018-02-05	2018-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d83bfa52-90d6-495c-930c-0c5541ee8b79	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2020	c4099f6cddb90750e84dd230479d9e894e9af3d275d5f0731847505d81108da7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2020 (20172018) — Cannabis: local jurisdiction licensees: temporary event license.

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. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where it engages in commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel and authorizes any person aggrieved by specified decisions of a licensing authority related to disciplining any license to appeal the licensing authority's written decision to the panel.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/19/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2020 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2020 Quirk et al. By Skinner — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 2020 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — 60–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2020 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-19 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5412.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5769.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 6849.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d83bfa52-90d6-495c-930c-0c5541ee8b79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).