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Bill	Cannabis.	(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (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, and renamed the Bureau of Marijuana Control the Bureau of Cannabis Control.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3261	California AB 3261 (20172018)	bill	Cannabis.	enacted	Low	7	28	6	2018-04-02	2018-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/1b13bb87-4109-424b-aeac-e69aea8a0736	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3261	5f5cf30cdba1bd61706e242c5d60a620cfd677f696e43cdd24908be560a950d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3261 (20172018) — Cannabis.

(1) The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (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, and renamed the Bureau of Marijuana Control the Bureau of Cannabis Control.

Version chain

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

1. 04/02/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3261 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB3261 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3261 Low By Hill — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3261 B. & P. Consent Calendar Second Day By LOW — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3261 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-04-03 From printer. May be heard in committee May 3.
• 2018-04-12 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 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
• 2018-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5168.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-24 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 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. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5041.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-07-05 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2018-07-05 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2018-08-24 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5904.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6911.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b13bb87-4109-424b-aeac-e69aea8a0736. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).