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Bill	Cannabis: financial institutions.	Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 imposes duties on the Bureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued for microbusinesses, transportation, storage, distribution, testing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis products pursuant to MAUCRSA. MAUCRSA requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the bureau, to establish a track and trace program for reporting the movement of cannabis and cannabis products throughout the distribution chain, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1525	California AB 1525 (20192020)	bill	Cannabis: financial institutions.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	9	35	9	2019-02-22	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/6766e0bb-6e4a-44c5-add9-9224ffdef812	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1525	2518a5814a9dc42764b3771df57f220bf73f81a9b622048619b516a32151de35	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1525 (20192020) — Cannabis: financial institutions.

Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, regulates the cultivation, distribution, transport, storage, manufacturing, testing, processing, sale, and use of marijuana for nonmedical purposes by people 21 years of age and older. 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 imposes duties on the Bureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued for microbusinesses, transportation, storage, distribution, testing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis products pursuant to MAUCRSA. MAUCRSA requires the Department of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the bureau, to establish a track and trace program for reporting the movement of cannabis and cannabis products throughout the distribution chain, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/06/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/16/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/14/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/28/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1525 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1525 Jones-Sawyer Assembly Third Reading — 68–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1525 Jones-Sawyer et al. By Hertzberg — 28–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1525 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-21 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1150.)
• 2019-04-11 (pending re-referral to Com. on B. & P.)
• 2019-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2020-01-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-07 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 14). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-16 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2020-01-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 3897.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. referral-committee
• 2020-07-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-07-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-07-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-07-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 4359.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5338.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6766e0bb-6e4a-44c5-add9-9224ffdef812. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).