republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1244.md

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Bill	Cannabis testing laboratories.	Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including testing laboratories, by the Bureau of Cannabis Control and other licensing authorities. Existing law prohibits licensed testing laboratories from acquiring or receiving cannabis or cannabis products except from a licensee in accordance with MAUCRSA, except as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 1244	California SB 1244 (20192020)	bill	Cannabis testing laboratories.	enacted	Bradford	5	31	5	2020-02-20	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b588ce67-ce0a-4755-bc65-011b8b33548b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1244	5c9b2b1f492d6839d1e56964ac17ad6c643d845ae87cdb57f6e4167e1fb2f3cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1244 (20192020) — Cannabis testing laboratories.

Existing law, the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , which includes the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative statute enacted by the voters as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, provides for the licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity, including testing laboratories, by the Bureau of Cannabis Control and other licensing authorities. Existing law prohibits licensed testing laboratories from acquiring or receiving cannabis or cannabis products except from a licensee in accordance with MAUCRSA, except as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/25/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1244 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB1244 Bradford Concurrence Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1244 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2020-03-05 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2020-03-11 Set for hearing March 23.
• 2020-03-18 March 23 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-05-14 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2020-05-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3550.) (May 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-05-26 Set for hearing June 1.
• 2020-05-28 June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-06-03 Set for hearing June 9.
• 2020-06-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2020-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3677.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2020-06-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 July 27 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
• 2020-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-25 Ordered to third reading.
• 2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5293.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2020-08-31 From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Grove.
• 2020-08-31 Ordered to unfinished business.
• 2020-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 309, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b588ce67-ce0a-4755-bc65-011b8b33548b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).