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type: "Bill"
title: "Cannabis: marketing."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters 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 individuals 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "California SB 185 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cannabis: marketing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f558c3-40e9-4d66-aad9-79a7fe70651f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185"
source_hash: "162f7e44b748747eecc38c42ea797c0cf5c9bebb8a8ec046634ba409cd0ac315"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 185 (20192020) — Cannabis: marketing.
(1) Existing law, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , approved by the voters 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 individuals 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/30/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18599INT)
2. **03/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18598AMD)
3. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18597AMD)
4. **08/26/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18596AMD)
5. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18595AMD)
6. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18593CHP)
7. **SB185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185)
8. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB185&version=20190SB18594ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 185 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Wood — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **180** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Agriculture] — **180** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB185 McGuire et al. Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McGuire — primary (person)
- Wood — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and AGRI. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2019-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 424.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 523.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1092.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1210.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** Re-referred to Coms. on B. & P. and AGRI. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3254.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2841.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 841, Statutes of 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2f558c3-40e9-4d66-aad9-79a7fe70651f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).