(1) Existing law governs the cultivation of industrial hemp in this state and establishes a registration program administered by county agricultural commissioners and the Department of Food and Agriculture for growers of industrial hemp, hemp breeders, and established agricultural research institutions, as defined. Existing law requires specified registrants that grow industrial hemp, before the harvest of each crop, to obtain a laboratory test report indicating the THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) levels of a random sampling of the industrial hemp, and requires that sampling to occur no more than 30 days before harvest. Existing law requires a registrant that grows industrial hemp to destroy the industrial hemp grown upon receipt of a laboratory test report indicating a percentage concentration of THC that exceeds a specified level. Unless otherwise provided, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
(1) Existing law governs the cultivation of industrial hemp in this state and establishes a registration program administered by county agricultural commissioners and the Department of Food and Agriculture for growers of industrial hemp, hemp breeders, and established agricultural research institutions, as defined. Existing law requires specified registrants that grow industrial hemp, before the harvest of each crop, to obtain a laboratory test report indicating the THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) levels of a random sampling of the industrial hemp, and requires that sampling to occur no more than 30 days before harvest. Existing law requires a registrant that grows industrial hemp to destroy the industrial hemp grown upon receipt of a laboratory test report indicating a percentage concentration of THC that exceeds a specified level. Unless otherwise provided, a violation of these provisions is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 552.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Withdrawn from committee.
2021-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2021-04-08 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2021-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-16 Coauthors revised.
2021-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-12 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2021-07-12 Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-19 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2211.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 485, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03ea0895-614f-4003-b573-41775e3f78d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).