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Bill	Unlawful cannabis activity: civil enforcement.	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. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control and imposes duties on the department with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued pursuant to MAUCRSA.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1138	California AB 1138 (20212022)	bill appropriation	Unlawful cannabis activity: civil enforcement.	enacted	Blanca Rubio	8	30	10	2021-02-18	2021-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6752baf0-07e7-4b88-99b8-f856aeca69c2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1138	9077466feebe4803e6b0d69afca6bcb466390aa47a407433222f9a4a05d82431	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1138 (20212022) — Unlawful cannabis activity: civil enforcement.

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. MAUCRSA establishes the Department of Cannabis Control and imposes duties on the department with respect to the creation, issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses issued pursuant to MAUCRSA.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/05/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1138 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1138 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1138 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1138 Blanca Rubio et al. By Archuleta — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Smith — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1682.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2567.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3063.)
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3071.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6752baf0-07e7-4b88-99b8-f856aeca69c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).