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Bill	Cannabis: provisional license.	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1459	California SB 1459 (20172018)	bill	Cannabis: provisional license.	enacted	Cannella	10	38	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/863ffe65-76a6-4d75-abde-bc561b92e31a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1459	45447fbb890abebfe905d1294412179332be393ce5adb090d4ecc9a6163fb6c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1459 (20172018) — Cannabis: provisional license.

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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB1459 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 18–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1459 Cannella Third Reading Urgency By WOOD — 73–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB1459 Cannella et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1459 Cannella et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 33–4 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cannella — primary (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-13 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4696.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-04-24 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2018-04-30 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4941.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-24 Re-referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-27 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2018-08-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2018-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (August 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-31 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6145.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-31 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 6198.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-31 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 6174.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/863ffe65-76a6-4d75-abde-bc561b92e31a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).